very wisely, sebastian vizcaino named the harbor after the man who financed his expedition, the count of monterey of spain. right now we are inside the custom house. the goods that were being brought into monterey. all sorts of things, wagon wheels from england, vinegar's from china, brandy from france, all of these big countries were eager to trade with monterey because of this embarrassment of riches that they had. they had tens of thousands of cow hides. literally currency during the mexican era. in fact, used so often as trade, for trade, that they were called california bank notes by sailors on trading vessels. one of those sailors was a very distinguished one, because he kept a very important journal. his name was richard henry dana junior. he referred to the highs as california bank notes. he talked in great detail, wrote descriptions of all the ports that they made along the coast about the california. they did confirm that this was the main port of entry and was the first place that they stopped. so the hides, you probably wonder why hides, what makes hides so valuable to the

spanish expirations, when they were trying to colonize this area, included voyages by juan sebastian vizcaino who in 1602 found the harbor. suitableoking for a port for spanish turning galleons. what they were looking along the coast, a suitable harbor. and they missed the best one, which was san francisco. speculation was that maritime people couldn't find san francisco because of their notorious fog. so they found this harbor. vizcainoly, sebastian named the harbor after the man who financed his expedition, the count of monterey of spain. right now, we are inside the past amount -- customhouse. theight now, we are inside custom house. things, wagon wheels from england, vinegar's from china, brandy from france, all of these big countries were it trade with monterey because of this embarrassment of riches that they had. they had tens of thousands of cow hides. literally currency during the mexican era. in fact, used so often as trade, for trade, that they were called california bank notes by sailors on trading vessels. one of those sailors was a very distinct one because he kept a very import