Thunder go north : the hunt for Sir Francis Drake's fair and good bay / Melissa Darby.

"This manuscript is a fresh look at determining the location of the 1579 landing site of Sir Francis Drake on the northwest coast of North America to repair his ship, the Golden Hind. This landing location has long been debated and was claimed by California, especially with the finding of the brass plate thought to be an artifact of Drake's landing located on a hill overlooking San Francisco Bay. Although the brass plate was supposedly authenticated in 1938, by 1977 it was proven to be a hoax, yet no re-examination of the landing question or associated data was completed"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem -- The historiography of the vexed question -- Mind the gap -- The beginnings -- Afar the seas were blue and white -- Either here or there -- The great discoveries -- The California juggernaut -- Henry Wagner huffs and puffs and the British blow him down -- The historian on the hill -- Behind the scenes -- The authentication of the plate of brass -- Investigations and resolutions -- The commission and the commemoration of Drake's voyage -- The people at the landing -- An ethnographic assessment for an Oregon landing -- Linguistic analysis -- Thunder and lightning : cosmological correspondences -- Epilogue.

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