Editing Northern California (section)

==== European explorers ====
The first European to explore the coast was [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]], sailing for the Spanish Crown; in 1542, Cabrillo's expedition sailed perhaps as far north as the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] in today's [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/cabr/juan.html | title=Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: A Voyage of Discovery  | publisher=U.S. National Park Service | access-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref> Beginning in 1565, the Spanish [[Manila galleon]]s crossed the Pacific Ocean from [[Mexico]] to the Spanish [[Philippines]], with silver and gemstones from Mexico. The Manila galleons returned across the northern Pacific, and reached North America usually off the coast of northern California, and then continued south with their Asian trade goods to Mexico.

In 1579, northern California was visited by the English explorer [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]] who landed north of today's [[San Francisco]] and claimed the area for England. In 1602, the Spaniard [[Sebastián Vizcaíno]] explored California's coast as far north as [[Monterey Bay]], where he went ashore. Other Spanish explorers sailed along the coast of northern California for the next 150 years, but no settlements were established.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction--Early History of the California Coast--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ca/intro.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20explorers%20and%20settlers,first%20Europeans%20to%20visit%20California.|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=www.nps.gov}}</ref>