Monterey Bay - Linda Adams Kesler - ArtBeats - Framed Print - 12"H x 16"W

Monterey Bay - Linda Adams Kesler - ArtBeats - Framed Print - 12"H x 16"W

Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of California. The bay is south of the major cities of San Francisco and San Jose.

The first European to discover Monterey Bay was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo on November 16, 1542 while sailing north along the coast on a Spanish naval expedition. He named the bay Bahía de los Pinos, the westernmost point of the peninsula is still known as Point Pinos.

The present name for the bay was documented in 1602 by Sebastián Vizcaíno, who had been tasked to complete a detailed chart of the coast. He anchored at the bay, and named it Puerto de Monterrey, in honor of the Conde de Monterrey, then viceroy of New Spain.