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This beautiful bay was discovered in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. It was Sebastian Vizaino, sailing north from Mexico, Who in 1602 wrote such glowing reports of the "Noble harbor" which he promptly named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, Gaspar de Zuniga, Count of Monterey. in 1818 Hypolite Bouchard, the French pirate, raided the town and pillaged for a week before sailing south. Monterey was the seat of intrigue and plotting even up to the time Commodore Sloat raised the American flag over the Customhouse in 1846. Today Monterey is a modern town with a touch o the past . . M.P. |
