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"The Indians of California greet Sir Category:Francis Drake"

  • Engraving of the "legend" of the Indians of California meeting Sir Francis Drake ,
  • Theory is that it occured at Tomales Bay, Drake's "New Albion", on the northern California coast in 1579. It would have preceded Spanish colonial exploration of Alta California.
Source California State University Long Beach.
Author Engraving by Theodore de Bry.

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