Yerba Buena
San Francisco, California was named Nova Albion by Sir
Francis Drake, around
1780. July 9, 1846, Captain John B. Montgomery renamed it
Yerba Buena (an alternative form of
hierba buena, meaning "good herb" and referring to the local plant
yerba buena of the
mint family).
It was finally renamed San Francisco, after Saint Francis of Assisi, on January 30, 1847.
Yerba Buena Island, sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland.