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Drake's Bay
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Drake's Bay, inlet of the Pacific Ocean, formed by the San Andreas fault, W Calif., NW of San Francisco. Point Reyes forms its outer arm. The bay was visited by Sir Francis Drake Drake, Sir Francis, 1540?–1596, English navigator and admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–80). Early Career


He was born in Devonshire, the son of a yeoman, and was at an early age apprenticed to a ship captain.
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 in 1579.


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I note numerous trailheads along the road, most of which lead hikers on scenic trails to the ocean, and I pass by Drakes Bay, where Sir Francis Drake is said to have anchored his Golden Hinde in 1579.
 
 
 
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