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

"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 b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darby, Melissa C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Temas:
Drake, Francis, > approximately 1540-1596 > Travel > Northwest Coast of North America.
Drake, Francis, > approximately 1540-1596
Discoveries in geography > British
Travel
Northwest Coast of North America > Discovery and exploration > British.
North America > Northwest Coast of North America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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