Photo: San Diego Maritime Museum
On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed into what is now called San Diego Bay on his flagship, San Salvador. San Salvador was the first recorded European vessel to sail along California, and survey its coastline. Now, 472 years later, the replica San Salvador, built by the San Diego Maritime Museum, has set sail on the Pacific Heritage Tour 2016.
San Salvador will sail today into Channel Islands Harbor at Oxnard, CA and will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, September 15, through Sunday, September 18. The ship will be calling on Monterrey on September 23 to the 25th and Morro Bay from September 30 to October 9th. The museum is also offering adventure sailing on the replica galleon. Click here to learn more.