Editing Millbrae, California (section)

=== 1500s ===
Anthropological evidence and [[oral tradition]] indicate the [[Ohlone#Present day|Ohlone]] people were living in the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] prior to the 1500s.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> The Spanish empire claimed much of what is now the United States during the early period of [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]]. In 1535, the Spanish empire established the [[New Spain|kingdom of New Spain]], which inherited the empire's claims to much of what is now the western United States.

In 1542, [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]] explored the Pacific coast near what is today Millbrae, though the expedition did not see the [[Golden Gate]] or the [[San Francisco Bay]], likely due to the [[Karl the fog|San Francisco fog.]] The Ohlone people may have met this expedition as they explored the [[Monterey Bay]], about 50 miles southeast of Millbrae.

In 1595, [[Philip II of Spain]] tasked [[Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho]] with mapping the west coast of the Americas. Soromenho set sail on [[Manila-Acapulco Galleon|Manila Galleon]] ''San Agustin'' on July 5, 1595, and in early November they reached land between [[Point St. George]] and [[Trinidad, California|Trinidad Head]]. The expedition followed the coast southward and on November 7 the ''San Agustin'' anchored in [[Drakes Bay]], about 40 miles northwest of Millbrae. In late November, a storm sank the ''San Agustin'' and killed between 7 and 12 people. On December 8, 80 remaining crew members set sail on the ''San Buenaventura'', a [[Launch (boat)|launch]] which was partially constructed en route from [[Spanish East Indies|the Philippines]]. Seeking the fastest route south, the expedition failed to notice the Golden Gate, arriving at [[Chacala|Puerto de Chacala, Mexico]] on January 17, 1596.<ref>Aker (1965)</ref>