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Drake's landing in California. An engraving published in 1590 by Theodor de Bry

Meeting the Coast Miwok who were the indigenous people of the area. Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of modern Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to Sonoma Creek.