One of the oldest and more famous inscriptions is that of the first governor of New Mexico, Don Juan de Onate. It was inscribed in 1605, fifteen years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In 1604, Onate left the settlement of San Gabriel with thirty men in search of "the South Sea" (the Pacific Ocean). During their trip, the group visited the Gulf of California as well as the South Sea. On his return, Onate left this inscription (translation): "Governor Don Juan de Onate passed through here, from the discovery of the Sea of the South on the 16th of April, 1605. The inscription was not made on Onate's first visit to El Morro--on December 13, 1598, he passed here from Zuni with a group of Spanish soldiers, traveling to the Rio Grande via Acoma. Inscription Rock Trail, El Morro National Monument, New Mexico