Lost Harbor: The Controversy Over Drake's California Anchorage

Published to commemorate the quadricentennial of Sir Francis Drake's 6-week visit in the summer of 1579 to a port near San Franciso, often called the lost harbor of Nova Albion. The author provides a keen judicial analysis to the unraveling of this 400-year-old mystery, presenting each of the landing site possibilities, reviews all the evidence, and draws conclusions about the validity each claim, evoking a feeling of intimacy with Drake and with the search for the true landing site. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs. xvii+ i , 459+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..