Air Force Flight Test Center

Historical marker location:

Edwards AFB, California

( Marker is on Rosamond Boulevard, 4.8 miles east of West Gate, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2001

AIAA Historic Aerospace Site.

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.