Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596

Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596 (HM25L4)

Location: Coos Bay, OR 97420 Coos County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 18.257', W 124° 23.95'

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Circumnavigator and Admiral

The Devon privateer took his flotilla from Plymouth Harbor August 5, 1577 bound for the River Plate.
He raided Spanish shipping and treasure houses around South America, including Valparaiso, Peru and Acapulco roads.
June 5, 1579 the renamed 78 foot Golden Hind was sailing with a consort toward a "Northwest Passage" home.
Contrary winds forced the treasure laden ships landward.
They first sighted the American coast at this latitude.

Drake dropped behind this headland to escape gale winds anchoring in a "Bad Bay... the best roade we could for the present meete with" near South Cove.
Through the "vile thicke and stinking fogges" Drake described what seemed to be "a low plaine land, and clad, and covered with snowe."
So were the Oregon dunes also reported by Captain Cook 199 years later.

Frustrated in his northern passage, Drake turned south to careen at California. He then sailed west via the Moluccas around the Cape of Good Hope, the first English sailor to span the globe.

Queen Elizabeth I knighted Drake in 1581.
Seven years later he fought the Spanish Armada from Ushant and Plymouth to Northern Scotland.
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HM NumberHM25L4
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Year Placed1977
Placed ByOregon Historical Society & Oregon State Parks
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Date Added Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 at 10:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)31N E 166021 N 0
Decimal Degrees43.30428333, -124.39916667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 18.257', W 124° 23.95'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 18' 15.4200" N, 124° 23' 57.0000" W
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Area Code(s)541
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Cape Arago Hwy, Coos Bay OR 97420, US
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