Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This portrait celebrates Sir Francis Drake’s epic achievement in sailing from South America to England by a Pacific ...

The Marin County coroner’s office has concluded its investigation into the death of a bicyclist in Fairfax, saying there is no evidence another vehicle was involved. Douglas Keith Martin, 60, was ...

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Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake are among ten house names being removed at Exeter School - GETTY A private school has pledged to remove the names of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake ...

Sir Francis Drake was a famous 16th century English privateer and explorer. Born in 1540, he gained his fame thanks to his maritime exploits and his stubborn refusal to submit to the Spanish Empire.

DRAKE’S drum beats bravely through the biography of Sir Francis Drake by E. F. Benson. He took with him, says his biographer, ‘on his voyage round the world, in 1577, a smart new drum. When he ...

Sir Francis Drake, in his last night in London before sailing, in 1595, to his death in the Western Caribbean, talks with a shipmate of his voyage of circumnavigation. 1577 to 1580, when he refitted ...

A renovated room at San Francisco's Beacon Grand, formerly known as the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Photo Credit: Beacon Grand Following a top-to-bottom renovation, San Francisco's historic Sir Francis ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The iconic Sir Francis Drake Hotel opened in 1928 and now 94 years later it's changing from the inside out. Starting with its controversial name. "His name doesn't have to be ...