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Tis hardly possible to conceive the hardships and difficulties of sea-going in that day. A modern steamer could now make the trip from San Lucas to San Diego in less than three days, with health, comfort and convenience for both passengers and crew. Inside the time that it took the San Antonio to voyage to San Diego, the ship of today would make a leisurely trip from San Francisco to the Orient, and return. And it could circumnavigate the globe in the time that the San Carlos battered its way along California’s coastline to anchor at last in San Diego harbor.

For the San Carlos had difficulties from its start at La Paz. Finally, on January 15, 1769, it stood out to sea