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Drake's voyage
of 1577-1580 is an enigmatic gem from our past. There for all to see
blazing a four hundred year old trail of deception through the pages
of history, itself as dazzling and mysterious as a comet. It could
be a Spielberg classic - the mystery behind the secrecy, the incredible
weather conditions and continuing historical controversy surrounding
Drake's anchorage - all provide that magical - je ne sais quoi.
Are the painfully trite questions we so often hear posed, regarding
this centuries old mystery, no more than salty ingredients adding
little, if any, flavor to a self perpetuating cycle of blather?.
Our historically renown fog which so often hides the "Golden
Gate" is as nothing compared to the fabricated mist that surrounds
the facts of that historical event.
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San Francisco Bay, first known as
Yerba Buena Cove
This was the name early Spanish explorers called a large bay
surrounded by pine forests, with trees as high as cathedral spires.
Is it possible that Drake had a chart, possibly Spanish, with a bay
so marked, was it acquired as he - El Draco - blazed a trail of plunder
and destruction North up the Western coast of South America, or was
it the chart given to him by John Dee?
The acquisition of recent information has necessitated putting
the remainder of this page on hold. .
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This publication
intends to raise above the horizon into the light of a new dawn
amazing and unimagined aspects of at least one such event.
What was the hidden
agenda behind the Elizabethan voyage of Francis Drake to California?
- Who persuaded Elizabeth to finance the voyage: - What about the
question of dis-information regarding the true latitude: - Was it
just a search for the mythical Strait of Anian - the Northwest Passage:
- Why the destination was a secret at the time: - Why has it never
been divulged since? - Was there a connection to a Celtic myth and
Owen Madoc? - Was the unbelievably cold weather in Northern Californian
during June/July 1579 all lies, or was some higher force at work??
The voyage started on November 15th. 1577 with five ships from Plymouth.
Drake was on his flagship the Pelican (later to be called The Golden
Hind) The tempest that hit southern England the following day was
terrible, forcing Drake to take refuge in Falmouth Haven, in Cornwall, finally setting out again some four weeks later.
Simple sailors blamed the comet that blazed its trail through the
night sky at that time, many watching the small fleet doubted that
the ships setting sail would ever see Old England again - A star
of ill omen indeed !!
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