The Famous Voyage Of Sir Francis Drake Into The South Sea, And Therehence About The Whole Globe Of The Earth, Begun In The Year Of Our Lord 1577 Narrative By Francis Pretty
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Our General Called This
Country Nova Albion, And That For Two Causes; The One In Respect Of
The White Banks And Cliffs, Which Lie Towards The Sea, And The Other,
Because It Might Have Some Affinity With Our Country In Name, Which
Sometime Was So Called.
There is no part of earth here to be taken up,
wherein there is not some probable show of gold or silver.
At our departure hence our General set up a monument of our being
there, as also of her Majesty's right and title to the same; namely a
plate, nailed upon a fair great post, whereupon was engraved her
Majesty's name, the day and year of our arrival there, with the free
giving up of the province and people into her Majesty's hands,
together with her Highness' picture and arms, in a piece of six pence
of current English money, under the plate, whereunder was also written
the name of our General.
It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never been in this part of
the country, neither did ever discover the land by many degrees to the
southwards of this place.
After we had set sail from hence, we continued without sight of land
till the 13th day of October following, which day in the morning we
fell with certain islands eight degrees to the northward of the line,
from which islands came in a great number of /canoas/, having in some
of them four, in some six, and in some also fourteen men, bringing
with them cocos and other fruits.
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