Wayengumhloli waseSpeyin, kodwa kungekhona onokucinga.
Uninzi lwabantu abanolwazi oluthile lwembali yaseSan Diego luya kuvuma ukuba uJuan Rodriguez Cabrillo wayengowokuqala waseYurophu ukubeka umgubo ngomhlaba waseSan Diego ngowe-1542, xa wafumanisa oko ngoku iSan Diego Bay. Kwaye abaninzi banokucinga ukuba nguChabrillo othe wachaza le ntsimi entsha "iSan Diego."
Ukuba kungenjalo iCabrillo, baninzi banokucinga ukuba nguFranciscan friar owaziwayo, uJunipero Serra, othe wabiza i-colony yaseSan Diego xa wayemisela ukuqala kwee-Franciscan zase-California kwi-1769.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba mhlawumbi okanye uChabrillo okanye uSerra, uya kuphutha.
Enyanisweni, le mimandla esanda kufumaniswa (kakuhle, entsha kwiiYurophu ... abantu baseMelika basebehlala kulo lonke ixesha) babizwa ngomnye umhloli waseSpeyin owafika emva kweminyaka engama-60 emva kweCarbillo.
Ngokutsho kweSan Diego Historical Society, uSebastian Vizcaino wafika eSan Diego ngoNovemba 1602 emva kokuhamba esuka e-Acapulco ngoMeyi odlule. Kuthatha iinqwelo zakhe zinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kwindawo yaseSan Diego.
I-San Diego yayingu-Vizcaino (ephethe iinqanawa ezine, kodwa zintathu kuphela zenza iSan Diego). Wachaza ukuba loo ndawo iya kuthiwa yiSan Diego, zombini ngokuhlonipha ikhephe yakhe kunye nomthendeleko waseSan Diego de Alcala (waseFranciscan waseSpain) eyenzeka ngoNovemba 12.
Kwaye igama linamathela ukususela oko. Ngaba iVizcaino yayifake enye yezinye iinqanawa zakhe, iSanto Tomas, mhlawumbi siza kuhlala siphinde sihambele, sisondele iSanto Tomas esikhundleni seSan Diego!