Question Did Sir Francis Drake Land On Any Part of the Oregon Coast
Question Did Sir Francis Drake Land On Any Part of the Oregon Coast
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DRAKE'S BAY. "The bay was formerly known as Sir Francis Drake's Bay. This is the Puerto de San Francisco of the Spaniards as far back as 1595. It has been a question whether Sir Francis Drake anchored and "trimmed" his ship in this bay or in San Francisco Bay ; a careful weighing of evidence is clearly adverse to its being in the latter. (See remarks on San Francisco and also see "Early voyages of discovery and exploration on the northwest coast of America from 1539 to 1603"; Superintendent's A...nnual Report, Appendix No. 7, 1886. ) The Nicasio Indians are said to have a tradition that Drake landed at Drake's Bay. He left a dog, some pigs, seeds of sev- eral kinds of grain, and some biscuits, which the natives planted ! Some of his men deserted, and mixed with the tribes adjacent. On an old Spanish chart there is a little indentation of the coast-line about the latitude of Point Reyes which is designated "Bahia de S. Francisco Drak. " 18 CHETCO RIVER AND ANCHORAGE. (Page 363. ) "Sir Francis Drake approached the coast of California on the 3d of June, 1579, about latitude 42 deg.
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