Sir Francis Drake was an adventurer and a true pirate of the 16th century. Drake is credited with being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He led several voyages, many of them aimed ...

The Drake Passage, where the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans collide, stands as the world’s deadliest maritime ...

Proof that Sir Francis Drake did indeed burn St. Augustine to ... Art Association at 22 Marine St., the very spot where the 16th-century burn layer and artifacts were found. Titled "Art y Facts ...

They were armed with troves of evidence showing that the "faire and good Baye" that Drake described during his 16th century voyage to North America was the very one named after him along the Point ...

Beasley said there are indications that Francis Drake could have landed at Whale ... theories on the location of the bay. Back in 16th century England, one way to make a fortune was to gather ...

Armada hero Sir Francis Drake has been cancelled ... in the English colonies of North America in the 16th Century. Born in Tavistock, Devon, Drake was Member of Parliament (MP) for three ...

Marin County community leaders will receive a history lesson this month as part of the debate to rename Sir Francis Drake Boulevard because of the 16th-century explorer’s slave-trading past.

A campaign is underway to convince Marin County officials to rename Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and remove a 30-foot-tall metal sculpture of the 16th-century explorer connected to slave trading.

Proponents of the change said the name Sir Francis Drake is offensive because of the 16th century English explorer’s ties to slave trading and colonialism. They said any change of name should ...

A primary school named after 16th Century slave trader Sir Francis Drake is set to be renamed following Black Lives Matter protests. Sir Francis Drake Primary School in Lewisham will change its name ...

Sir Francis Drake was an adventurer and a true pirate of the 16th century. Drake is credited with being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He led several voyages, many of them aimed ...