But it recalls something even older: the enigmatic appearance at Point Reyes of the British privateer Sir Francis Drake. The cross was built to commemorate a sermon somewhere around Point Reyes ...

The Sir Francis Drake Hotel, the Union Square icon that ... In 1579, the English privateer and explorer reached the California coast. Although he missed the entry to San Francisco Bay, he is ...

But for a portrait of Sir Francis Drake, proof of authenticity required ... the auction house selling the portrait of the privateer ennobled by Queen Elizabeth I. The painting, which is expected ...

The Hondius map of 1589 inset depicts Drake's encampment at New Albion, Portus Novas Albionis. Wikicommons Few sea voyages are as famous as that of the Golden Hind, privateer Francis Drake’s ...

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Plans to rebrand a statue of Sir Francis Drake to highlight his 'horrific ... Furthermore, as a privateer he looted and plundered Spanish towns and ships in Europe and throughout their Empire ...

In 1585, the English privateer Francis Drake assembled a fleet called the ... the previous year in an effort organized by his friend Sir Walter Raleigh. On the way, the fleet stopped at Florida ...

Now, more than 400 years after Sir Francis Drake's death in the ... after researching a book on the latter part of Drake's career, as a privateer plundering Spanish ships in the New World.

Born in Tavistock, this privateer, slave trader ... an important part of British history could be lost forever. Sir Francis Drake, who carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in ...

A leat commissioned by none other than Plymouth's own privateer and Elizabethan sailing legend Sir Francis Drake has been found by contractors on a £29.89m project to revamp the city centre.