Who discovered California?

Answer 1

Portuguese were also involved in the exploration of the west coast of North America. In 1542-43, Portuguese-born João Rodrigues Cabrillo and his chief pilot Bartolomé Ferrelo, who may have been Portuguese, were the first Europeans to explore the coast of the present state of California.According to Richard Henry Dana, who wrote 'Two Years Before the Mast', "California was discovered in 1534 by Ximenes, or in 1536 by Cortes ...". Presumably he was referring to Gonzalo XimenesDe Qiesada (1509-1579), or Herman Cortes (1485-1547). Was he mistaken?

The Native Americans were the first to discover California, they came thousands of years before the Europeans.