By MADERA_32 |

Looking at archives of PARS on California and see many where ships, expeditions traveled from Port San Blas of Nayarit, Mexico up north to San Diego, Monterrey and San Francisco, California, Mexico in 1770's - 1800's.

This one is the year 1775 where the ship "San Carlos" commanded by Capitan Juan De Ayala traveled from Port of San Blas, Nayarit up to Ports of Monterrey and San Francisco of northern province of California. It is title "Bucarely sobre arribo a San Blas del paquebot ''San Carlos'' in the PARS Archives if you want to search and read a 48 page document.

Here he describes entering the San Francisco Bay:

http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas/servlets/ImageServlet?accion=41&txt_…

He describes, "Almejas" which is a name on a patch of clear land on a map on the Pacific Coast side just beforing entering San Francisco Bay. I had found two maps of the San Francisco Bay in Mapas/Planos year 1777 in which that maps has dotted lines on land passing through numbered circles which seem to be "Monterrey," going up north to other numbered cirlces all the way up to cirlce number 5 which is the Presidio of San Francisco. Names of rivers are on that map. I will later post that map I found. I also found another map which I thought was year 1772 but description says "probably 1802" and by the "oficiales of San Blas" as described on the map. That map of San Francisco Bay Area is colorful as it shows lots of trees in green and several clear patchs of land with names such as "San Mateo" "Presidio San Francisco" "Mision San Francisco" "Almejas" Almejas is on the Pacific side just before entering San Fancisco Bay which is described by name by Capitan Juan De Ayala. So that latter map may be older or concided with the map of 1777. This is good because it would then prove that those villages and San Francisco existed back in 1770's. I will also post that map later on.

Thank you Madera for posting these interesting documents. I'm looking forward to your post with the San Francisco maps since I can't seem to find them myself. Almejas (or cañada de las almejas) is what the Spanish called San Pedro valley now in Pacifica where the Aramai village Pruristac was located. There is a nice history of the Aramai people at www.ramaytush.com

Thank you for responding Pamela. Here maps of San Francisco Bay area. First is the description where I found it on pg 42 of mapas and planos of Mexico. Doesn’t say what year it is:

http://oi59.tinypic.com/10z7b51.jpg

Map of San Francisco Bay Area:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/34q4spl.jpg

Almejas is on the coast side. Zoom up view:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2qntt1t.jpg

I am curious about San Mateo that is near the shore inside the bay:

http://oi58.tinypic.com/2v025jm.jpg

Now here is another map of the San Francisco bay but year 1777 but first the description found on page 44 of mapas/planos of Mexico:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/30kzmv8.jpg

Map of 1777:

http://oi60.tinypic.com/23rjt4j.jpg

Zoom up view:

http://oi60.tinypic.com/f1bdxs.jpg

You can again see Almejas “Punto de Almejas” I marked it in green. Also notice to where San Mateo is suppose to be? There are two circles with numbers 4 and 6 and a river near it called, “rio de san mateo.”
I want to prove that San Mateo and other towns existed back then and this map is year 1777. So that would change the history at how americans write the version of the towns of the San Francisco Bay.
The ship San Carlos sailed into the area in 1775. The Ship “Goleta Sonora” sailed into the area in 1777.
Here is something of curiosity? The ship “San Carlos” that sailed into the area commanded by Capitan Juan De Ayala describes that he encountered the indios and in this instance he describes some of them as indios rubios con ojos azules:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2n0ot3d.jpg

It was on page 29 of the document on his travel inside the bay. He also mentioned Isla del Angel which is today “Angel Island.”

Note that there were also expeditions on land as well such as "Juan de Anza" that reached the San Francisco Bay area at the same time.

Another question? When you say "The Spanish"? But many of those ships came from the port of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico.

Many were Mexican born spaniards and also mixed ones such as mestizos.

Another question? When you say "The Spanish"? But many of those ships came from the port of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico.

Many were Mexican born spaniards and also mixed ones such as mestizos.

Genealogy Research