California, Monterey County, Monterey
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This date marks the 400th anniversary of the naming of Monterey Bay by Gen. Sebastián Vizcaíno, commissioned by Don Gaspár Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monte Rey. Near this place, called Acasta and Hummukul by the Ohlone/Constanoan Esselen Nation, Fr. Andrés de la Ascensión, Fr. Antonio de las Ascensióón and Fr. Tomás de Aquino, three Discalced Carmelite friars on the Vizcaíno expedition, celebrated the first Mass in Northern California.
(Exploration) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This date marks the 400th anniversary of the naming of Monterey Bay by Gen. Sebastián Vizcaíno, commissioned by Don Gaspár Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monte Rey. Near this place, called Acasta and Hummukul by the Ohlone/Constanoan Esselen Nation, Fr. Andrés de la Ascensión, Fr. Antonio de las Ascensióón and Fr. Tomás de Aquino, three Discalced Carmelite friars on the Vizcaíno expedition, celebrated the first Mass in Northern California.(Exploration) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.