Editing Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (section)

==Namesakes and commemorations==
[[File:6208-PointLomaCabrilloCommemorativePlaque.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Plaque placed at Cabrillo National Monument in 1935 by João António de Bianchi, [[List of ambassadors of Portugal to the United States|Ambassador of Portugal to the United States]].]]
[[File:Juan Cabrillo Plaque by Sculptor Allen Hutchinson.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Medallion of Cabrillo by [[Allen Hutchinson]], 1902.]]
His discoveries went largely unnoticed at the time, so none of his place names were permanently adopted. Despite this, Cabrillo is now remembered as the first European to travel the California coast, and many parks, schools, buildings and streets in California bear his name.

Most notably, the [[National Park Service]] operates [[Cabrillo National Monument]], overlooking the bay and ocean from [[Point Loma, San Diego|Point Loma]] in [[San Diego]], commemorating his first landing in California and offering views of San Diego and the Pacific Ocean. The monument features a larger-than-life statue of Cabrillo, donated by the government of Portugal,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|title=Cabrillo statue's journey to San Diego marked by legal twists|last=Crawford|first=Richard|date=August 3, 2008|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307201519/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|archive-date=March 7, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a plaque honoring him donated in 1935 by the Portuguese ambassador to the United States.<ref name="Rowe">{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/13/cabrillo-monument-hundred/|title=Cabrillo National Monument at 100|last=Rowe|first=Peter|date=October 13, 2013|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509095513/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/13/cabrillo-monument-hundred/|archive-date=May 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> A museum in the park focuses on Cabrillo and his voyages of discovery. Every September Cabrillo Festival Inc. hosts the Cabrillo Festival, an annual three-day celebration of his discovery of [[San Diego Bay]], including a re-enactment of his landing at Ballast Point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabrillofestival.org/|title=Cabrillo Festival|work=Cabrillo National Monument|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121104220/http://www.cabrillofestival.org/|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cabrillofestival.org/ |title=Cabrillo Festival Inc. |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121104220/http://www.cabrillofestival.org/ |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Another Cabrillo Monument is located on [[San Miguel Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/chis/planyourvisit/hiking-san-miguel-island.htm|title=Hiking San Miguel Island – Channel Islands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406043534/https://www.nps.gov/chis/planyourvisit/hiking-san-miguel-island.htm|archive-date=April 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the state of California, September 28th is officially "Cabrillo Day".<ref>California Government Code, [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=1579449748+2+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve Section 6708] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023220157/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=1579449748+2+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve |date=October 23, 2012 }}.</ref>

A civic organization of Portuguese-Americans primarily in California is called the Cabrillo Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabrillocivicclubs.org/index.asp |title=Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California |access-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822014111/http://www.cabrillocivicclubs.org/index.asp |archive-date=August 22, 2013 }}</ref>

In northern California, the [[Point Cabrillo Light]] is named after him.<ref name="Rogerson2008">{{cite book|last=Rogerson|first=Bruce|title=Point Cabrillo Light Station|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ex_JE3T2scC&pg=PA7|access-date=September 26, 2018|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738559506|page=7}}</ref> [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], part of the city of [[Los Angeles]], has [[Cabrillo Beach]] and the [[Cabrillo Marine Aquarium]].<ref name="SchaadtMastro2008">{{cite book|last1=Schaadt|first1=Mike|last2=Mastro|first2=Ed|title=San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OTVJxTxNZqUC&pg=PA7|access-date=September 26, 2018|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738559971|page=7}}</ref>

Schools named for him include [[Cabrillo College]] in [[Aptos, California]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cabrillo.edu/home/mission.html |title=Mission & History |website=Cabrillo College |access-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917000157/http://cabrillo.edu/home/mission.html |archive-date=September 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> high schools in [[Cabrillo High School (Lompoc, California)|Lompoc]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/conqs-no-more-resident-looks-to-rename-cabrillo-hs/article_a8f77fc0-0b3d-523e-92c8-e555dc7576f4.html |title=Conqs no more? Resident looks to rename Cabrillo HS |last=Jacobson |first=Willis |date=September 23, 2015 |work=Lompoc Record |access-date=September 26, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205930/https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/conqs-no-more-resident-looks-to-rename-cabrillo-hs/article_a8f77fc0-0b3d-523e-92c8-e555dc7576f4.html |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School|Long Beach]], and several middle and elementary schools.

The portion of [[California State Route 1]] that runs from [[Las Cruces, California|Las Cruces]] in [[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara County]] north to [[San Francisco]] is called the Cabrillo Highway.<ref name="Emory1999">{{cite book|last=Emory|first=Jerry|title=The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QXpSeUxooAC&pg=PA22|access-date=September 26, 2018|year=1999|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520217126|page=22}}</ref> The [[Cabrillo Bridge]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIZRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170|year=1922|publisher=R.R. Bowker Company|page=170}}</ref> and Cabrillo Freeway ([[California State Route 163]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/August-2018/Californias-Most-Famous-Explorer-Is-Not-Who-You-Think-He-Is/ |title=California's Most Famous Explorer Is Not Who You Think He Is |last=Engstrand |first=Iris |date=August 9, 2018 |website=San Diego Magazine |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926211441/https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/August-2018/Californias-Most-Famous-Explorer-Is-Not-Who-You-Think-He-Is/ |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> running through San Diego's [[Balboa Park (San Diego)|Balboa Park]] are also named for him. There are streets named for him in many cities in California.
[[File:San Salvador Replica in San Diego.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Replica of the ''[[San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship)|San Salvador]]'', Cabrillo's flagship.]]
The [[SS Cabrillo|SS ''Cabrillo'']] was a wooden steamer launched in 1914 to serve as a ferry across the San Pedro Channel to Santa Catalina Island. It was later requisitioned by the United States Army and served as a troop transport in northern California during World War II.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/the-ghost-ship-of-carneros/article_3b176ba7-93f2-5cd7-9094-87c472667e8c.html|title=The ghost ship of Carneros|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|date=September 13, 2009|work=Napa Valley Register|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927000205/http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/the-ghost-ship-of-carneros/article_3b176ba7-93f2-5cd7-9094-87c472667e8c.html|archive-date=September 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1992, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a 29¢ stamp in honor of Cabrillo.<ref>Colnect, [http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/id/95673 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo].  Accessed 2009.09.28.</ref>

The [[Flag of San Diego]] features the number 1542 to represent Cabrillo's "discovery" of San Diego Bay in that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Flag of the City of San Diego |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/digitalarchives/community/lesson-plans/government/city-flag |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=City of San Diego Official Website}}</ref>

[[Rodriguez Seamount]] in the Pacific Ocean is named for him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=6221 |title=Marine Gazetteer Placedetails |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 23, 2016 |website= |publisher=MarineRegions.org |access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref>

=== San Salvador replica ===
The [[Maritime Museum of San Diego]], in partnership with [[Cabrillo National Monument]], has built a full-sized, fully functional, and historically accurate replica of Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo's flagship, ''[[San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship)|San Salvador]]''. The construction of the replica was based on historical and archeological research into early Spanish and Portuguese shipbuilding techniques.<ref name="sdmaritime" />

The construction was carried out in full public view on the shores of San Diego Bay by professional boat builders, assisted by scores of volunteers. Her keel was laid in April 2011; her first official public unveiling was in September 2015 when she led a parade of tall ships. The replica ship now sails on regular tours in the waters of the [[Southern California]] coast as an educational historical resource.<ref name=sdmaritime>{{cite web|url=http://sdmaritime.org/visit/the-ships/san-salvador/|title=San Salvador|work=Maritime Museum of San Diego|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707200809/https://sdmaritime.org/visit/the-ships/san-salvador/|archive-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Accusations of genocide and efforts to change namesake ===
Proponents to change the name for Cabrillo College say Cabrillo left a legacy of indigenous exploitation. A faculty-led resolution delivered to Cabrillo College President Matt Wetstein accused Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of enslaving indigenous people and profiting from the genocide and exploitation of the indigenous, including through a gold mine the resolution states he owned and operated in Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibarra |first=Nicholas |date=2020-07-21 |title=Cabrillo College to consider changing its name |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/07/21/cabrillo-college-to-consider-changing-its-name/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Santa Cruz Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>

Another effort was suggested to rename [[Cabrillo High School (Lompoc, California)|Cabrillo High School]] in Lompoc for similar reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Willis |date=2015-09-23 |title=Conqs no more? Resident looks to rename Cabrillo HS |url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/conqs-no-more-resident-looks-to-rename-cabrillo-hs/article_a8f77fc0-0b3d-523e-92c8-e555dc7576f4.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Lompoc Record |language=en}}</ref>