Frances Drake

Comics and video games often share one very important characteristic -- both tend to have very rich and interesting stories. Yet, sometimes, after playing a game you may find that not all of the story has been told, leaving you wanting to know more about the character and his or her adventures. For those of you who are fans of Uncharted, you might appreciate the fact that DC Comics is releasing a comic book miniseries based on the popular video game franchise. The six-issue series, which will...Read Full Story

  Today we chat with Sir Francis Drake junior, John Lawson.  This past weekend, John won the Division IV state championship as he recorded the second fastest time for any NorCal athletes.  Lawson had quite a season as he won the MCAL, NCS and state titles, the same achievement accomplished the previous season by Tamalpais runner, Dan Milechman.  Lawson has also participated in the Dipsea race and has already had a mark on the legendary race as you will see below. 1)    How did you get...Read Full Story

Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel 450 Powell Street San Francisco CA United States   Rates from $149 USD Lowest Nightly Rate Click for Price in Your Local Currency Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel Photo Gallery     Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel Description Location. Built in 1928, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., is one of the city's most revered properties. Positioned on Union Square, this downtown hotel is located...Read Full Story

Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel 450 Powell Street San Francisco CA United States   Rates from $149 USD Lowest Nightly Rate Click for Price in Your Local Currency Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel Photo Gallery     Sir Francis Drake A Kimpton Hotel Description Location. Built in 1928, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., is one of the city's most revered properties. Positioned on Union Square, this downtown hotel is located...Read Full Story

Ship wrecks recently discovered off the coast of Panama could possibly be the remains of the ship of Sir Francis Drake. Divers have gone below to check out two wrecks resting on the ocean floor of the Caribbean. It the ship remains do belong to Drake, that would make them more than four centuries old. Sir Francis Drake was known not only an enemy of the Spanish due to his pirating ways, but also as the first Englishman to have circumnavigated the globe. Using British underwater...Read Full Story

Golden Hind An English Galleon captained by Sir Francis Drake and between 1577 and 1580 was said to have circumnavigated the globe. The Golden Hind began with the name “Pelican”. Later during the voyage of 1577 entering the Strait of Magellan Sir Francis Drake renamed her Golden Hind as a compliment to his patron Sir Christopher Hatton. The name came from his armorial crest; it was a golden “hind”, the heraldic term for a female deer. Sir Francis Drakes Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake was...Read Full Story

The English city of Plymouth, on the south coast of Devon, stands tall in Britain’s maritime history, being the home to Sir Francis Drake and the place where Captain James Cook set off from when he discovered my homeland, Australia! But Plymouth is not only an interesting place for travellers interested in ships and exploration, and is reinventing itself at the moment with new restaurants and bars; it is now trying to rectify the not-so-beautiful concrete construction era from the rebuilding...Read Full Story

After circumnavigating the globe, defeating the Spanish Armada, and aiding the Portugese monarch, Queen Elizabeth I put Sir Francis Drake in charge of an English fleet whose mission was to raid the Spanish Main, plunder New World coastal cities, and establish the superiority of English seapower. Over 750 of his men perished in this expedition, including Captain Walter Biggs, the man appointed by Drake to write the official account of the perilous voyage.Included in this edition is Chalmer's...Read Full Story

I have been ranking the North Coast Section cross country teams since 2006 and every year this is always the toughest division to figure out (especially during the pre-season).  The other divisions field teams who regularly face each other in league races and invitationals while Div. IV is a mixture of teams from all over Northern California ranging from the south end of the NCS map and all the way up to near the Oregon border. Last year was a banner year for Div. IV especially on...Read Full Story

A deliver group has detected a disadvantage of dual ships off a seashore of Panama which once belonged to naval fable Sir Francis Drake. The ships have not yielded up any treasure, though a group believes which their find might lead to anticipating a stays of a British soldier as well.Read Full Story