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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:29:13 GMT
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"::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in
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> Did Sir Francis Drake once claim California for Queen Elizabeth I of
> England?
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> Yes he did, in 1579.
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> He landed near what is now San Francisco whilst being pursued by the
> Spanish.
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> To evade them he was trying to reach the fabled Northwest Passage,
> which early navigators imagined would connect the Pacific with the
> Atlantic to the north of Canada. When he landed in California the
> Indians warmly welcomed him and his crew. They thought the Englishmen
> were gods and offered them their entire country along the California
> seaboard.
>
> According to reports of the voyage, Drake graciously accepted the
> offer and ordered a brass plate be nailed to a post on the shoreline.
> It said that the territory was a dominion of Queen Elizabeth and would
> henceforth be known as New Albion.
>
> In 1936 Mr Beryle Shinn, a San Francisco shop assistant, found a dirty
> old brass plate whilst enjoying a picnic on the shore north of the
> Golden Gate bridge. He took it home thinking it might be useful for
> car repairs. He left it in his garage and forgot about it for 8
> months.
>
> In 1937 he came across it again and cleaned it with soap and water.
> Able to decipher the word 'Drake' he sent it to Dr Herbert Bolton of
> the University of California for further study.
>
> Following analysis of the plate a hot debate ensued as some felt it
> was an elaborate hoax.
>
> According to contemporary reports, Drake landed in California at a
> spot marked by high white cliffs. But there were no cliffs at the
> picnic spot where the plate was found. There were also a few technical
> issues with the plate, but Dr Bolton was able to establish the plate
> could have dated from the right time period. The plate was vindicated
> when a chauffeur called William Caldiera came forward. He explained he
> had originally discovered the plate 4 years previously, and kept it
> for a short while before throwing it away close to where Mr Shinn
> found it. He originally found the plate in Drake's Bay, traditionally
> thought to be Drake's landing place, and it was an area with tall
> white cliffs.
>
> Britain's title deed to California now rests in the University of
> California. So far, the British have graciously refused to take up the
> option.
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Actually it was some of the original tupperware LOL
Mercury.
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