November 25 Exploration in 1602  Sebastián Vizcaíno, explorer of New Spain, the Philippines, the Baja California peninsula, California coast and Japan, named San Clemente Island. He was searching for safe ports for Spanish galleons returning from the Philippines. Overland trail in 1846 Patrick Breen, traveling with the Donner Party, wrote in his diary: “Wind about W.N.W. […]