2/5/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
Spanish Landing Park, Harbor Dr, San Diego - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/2/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/5/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 43.721, W 117 12.419
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Spanish Landing
Near this point, sea and land parties of the Portola-Serra expedition met. Two ships, the San Antonio and San Carlos, anchored on May 4-5, 1769. The scurvy-weakened survivors of the voyage established a camp, where on May 14 and July 1 they greeted the overland parties from Baja California. Together, they began the Spanish occupation of Alta California.