Drakes Bay
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Drakes Bay is an 8-mile-wide bay along the Point Reyes National Seashore on the coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 30 mi northwest of San Francisco at approximately 38 de
2013 view
View of Drakes Bay from Drake's beach
View of Drakes Bay from Elephant Seal Overlook trail
The English explorer Francis Drake circumnavigated the Earth between 13 December 1577 and 26 September 1580. The expedition was authorised by Queen Elizabeth I and consisted of five ships. Termed a 'v
Drakes Bay
…Davidson in 1875, after Sir Francis Drake. It has long been considered Drake's most likely landing spot on the west coast of North America during his circumnavigation of the world by sea in 1579. The bay is fed by Drake's Estero, an expansive estuary on the Point Reyes peninsula. The estuary is protected by Estero…
Sir Francis Drake in a 1581 portrait miniature
A replica of the Golden Hind moored at Tower Pier in 1974. This view wouldn't have changed much since Drake's time.
Scene depicting Francis Drake meeting Native Americans in South America by Theodor de Bry
Trial of Thomas Doughty – he would later be executed at San Julian