Drake's Bay
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 DrakeDrake, 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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