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, then known as
Baia de los Pinos.
This was the name the 16th.c Spanish explorers called a large bay
surrounded by pine forests, with trees as high as cathedral spires.
Is it true that Drake had such 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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