Thunder Go North - The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake's Fair and Good Bay (Paperback)

In the summer of 1579 Francis Drake and all those aboard the Golden Hind were in peril. The ship was leaking and they were in search of a protected beach to careen the ship to make repairs. They searched the coast and made landfall in what they called a 'Fair and Good Bay', generally thought to be in California. They stacked the treasure they had recently captured from the Spanish onto on this sandy shore, repaired the ship, explored the country, and after a number of weeks they set sail for home. When they returned to England, they became the second expedition to circumnavigate the earth, after Magellan's voyage in 1522, and the first to return with its commander. Thunder Go North unravels the mysteries surrounding Drake's famous voyage and summer sojourn in this bay. Comparing Drake's observations of the Natives' houses, dress, foods, language, and lifeways with ethnographic material collected by early anthropologists, Melissa Darby makes a compelling case that Drake and his crew landed not in California but on the Oregon coast. She also uncovers the details of how an early twentieth-century hoax succeeded in maintaining the California landing theory and silencing contrary evidence. Presented here in an engaging narrative, Darby's research beckons for history to be rewritten.

General

Imprint:	University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Melissa Darby
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-60781-744-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-60781-744-6
Barcode:	9781607817444

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