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EPISODE · Sep 30, 2025 · 10 MIN

Did Sir Francis Drake visit Oregon in 1579?

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

Let's face it: No one actually knows where the famous English privateer and explorer spent the summer, and his notes, upon his return, were deliberately opaque. But it's possible that his “Nova Albion” was on the Oregon Coast. (Whale Cove, Lincoln County; 1500s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1703b.francis-drake-whale-cove-nehalem-bay-nova-albion-434.html)

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