Shi masanin Mutanen Espanya ne, amma ba wanda kake tsammani ba.
Yawancin mutanen da ke da masaniya game da tarihin San Diego za su yarda da cewa Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo ne na farko da Turai ta kafa a jihar San Diego a 1542, lokacin da ya gano abin da yake yanzu San Diego Bay. Kuma mutane da yawa za su ɗauka cewa Cabrillo wanda ya kira wannan sabon yankin "San Diego."
Idan ba Cabrillo ba, to, mutane da yawa zasu iya tunanin cewa shi ne friar Franciscan sanannen, Junipero Serra, wanda ya kira mazaunin San Diego lokacin da ya kafa aikin farko a California a cikin shekarar 1769.
Idan ka yi tunanin shi ko dai ko Cabrillo ko Serra, za ku yi kuskure.
A gaskiya ma, wannan yankin da aka gano (da kyau, sababbin mutanen Turai ... 'yan ƙasar Indiyawa sun kasance a nan dukansu) sune wani mai nazari na Spain wanda ya zo kusan shekaru 60 bayan Carbillo.
A cewar San Diego Historical Society, Sebastian Vizcaino ya isa San Diego a watan Nuwambar 1602 bayan ya tashi daga Acapulco a cikin watan Mayu. Ya ɗauki jirgi na watanni shida zuwa San Diego.
San Diego sunan sunan Vizcaino ne (yana da jiragen ruwa hudu, amma uku ne kawai ya sanya San Diego). Ya bayyana yankin da za a kira shi San Diego, dukkansu don girmama jirginsa da kuma idin San Diego de Alcala (dan kasar Franciscan) wanda ya faru ranar 12 ga Nuwamba.
Kuma sunan makale tun daga lokacin. Idan kamfanin Vizcaino yana daya daga cikin jiragensa, Santo Tomas, watakila muna rayuwa da ziyartar ƙauna, sune Santo Tomas a maimakon San Diego!