San Diego Bay
San Diego Bay is a sheltered harbor on the Pacific coast, protected by Point Loma and a long sandy peninsula. The Kumeyaay lived around its shores for generations, gathering fish and shellfish from the bay. In 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo entered the harbor, naming it San Miguel and meeting its Indigenous inhabitants. Sebastián Vizcaíno returned in 1602 and gave the bay the name San Diego. A Spanish expedition established a settlement near the Kumeyaay village of Kosaii in 1769.