by
The Portuguese Historical Center, Donna Alves-Calhoun
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2009
In a century�s time, Portuguese explorers had discovered two-thirds of the world. In 1542, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho uncovered the west coast of America when he sailed into a large bay sheltered by a beautiful peninsula that would someday be known as Point Loma. By the 20th century, a small group of...