Colin Fogarty

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2:46 am
Sun June 17, 2012

States Stake Claim On Sir Francis Drake's Landing

Credit Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
Sir Francis Drake became the first British explorer to make contact with Native Americans.

Originally published on Sun June 17, 2012 10:23 am

Oregon and California are locked in a dispute over something that happened 433 years ago, when Sir Francis Drake became the first British explorer to make contact with Native Americans.

It happened on what is now the American West Coast. The question is where? Oregon or California? The National Park Service is now poised to officially recognize one state's claim.

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