447 years ago today, after plundering Spanish towns along the Pacific coast Sir Francis Drake found safe harbor in a bay (*possibly* Drake's Bay) which he named *New Albion* and claimed for England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion

It may or may not have actually been the bay which is now known as Drake’s Bay; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_theories_on_the_location_of_New_Albion for details

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