SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government has apparently ended a 433-year-old historical controversy by determining that English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake came ashore in what is now ...

In a letter to the editor to the San Rafael Independent that month, Scilacci made the first known suggestion to name the road after 16th-century English explorer Sir Francis Drake, according to ...

Sir Francis Drake made some remarkable journeys, but did he have a connection with Oak Island? The sneak peek at the end of this week’s episode of The Curse of Oak Island suggested Sir Francis ...

A sculpture of controversial British explorer and pirate Sir Francis Drake no longer stands by the bay at Larkspur Landing in Marin County. City of Larkspur crews removed the 30-foot-tall steel ...

The path to Whale Cove, just south of Depoe Bay, Ore., on Jan. 9, 2025. Some evidence suggests Sir Francis Drake careened his ship here in 1579. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB “The boundary of New ...