Name Game

I enjoyed your article on San Miguel (Sept. 17). However, why did you call Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho, a Portuguese navigator, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a name that is not Portuguese?

GENEVIEVE

RODRIGUES CARREIRA

Kailua, Hawaii

Editor’s note: Although the navigator was, indeed, Portuguese, all reference works consulted, including the Encyclopedia Americana and Encyclopedia Britannica, use the Spanish spelling of his name.