Jack London

Historical marker location:

Oakland, California

( Marker is on Water Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1977

January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916.

The first European to set foot in California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese explorer sailing for the Spanish crown. He arrived in what is now San Diego Bay in 1542 and explored the coast for several months.