Kwakuyi-explorer waseSpain, kodwa hhayi ukuthi ubani ongacabanga.
Abantu abaningi abanolwazi oluthile ngomlando waseSan Diego bayokwamukela ukuthi uJuan Rodriguez Cabrillo wayengowokuqala waseYurophu ukubeka umhlabathi eSan Diego ngo-1542, lapho ethola ukuthi yikuphi manje eSan Diego Bay. Futhi abaningi ngokuvamile bayocabanga ukuthi kwakunguCabrillo owaqamba le nsimu entsha "iSan Diego."
Uma kungenjalo uCabrillo, abaningi bangase bacabange ukuthi kwakunguFrancis owaziwayo odumile, uJunipero Serra, owaqamba igama elithi colony yaseSan Diego lapho esungula ukuhanjiswa kokuqala kwamaFranciscan ngo-1769.
Uma ucabanga ukuthi kungaba noma uChabrillo noma uSerra, ngabe uzophutha.
Empeleni, le ndawo esanda kutholakala (kahle, entsha kumaYurophu ... AmaMelika aseMelika ayekade ekhona lapha) wabizwa omunye umhloli waseSpain owafika ngemva kweminyaka engaba ngu-60 uCarbillo.
Ngokusho kweSan Diego Historical Society, uSebastian Vizcaino wafika eSan Diego ngoNovemba 1602 emva kokuhamba esuka e-Acapulco ngoMeyi odlule. Kuthatha izindiza zakhe izinyanga eziyisithupha ukufika endaweni yaseSan Diego.
I-San Diego yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Vizcaino's flagship (wayenemikhumbi emine, kodwa kuphela amathathu ayifake eSan Diego). Uthi indawo ezobizwa ngokuthi iSan Diego, kokubili ngokuhlonipha umkhumbi wakhe nangomkhosi waseSan Diego de Alcala (oFranciscan waseSpain) okwenzeka ngoNovemba 12.
Futhi igama linamathela kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ukube iVizcaino i-flagship ingenye yeminye imikhumbi yakhe, i-Santo Tomas, mhlawumbe sasizohlala siphinde sivakashele iSanto Tomas enesineke esikhundleni seSan Diego!