{"product_id":"thunder-go-north-the-hunt-for-sir-francis-drakes-fair-and-good-bay","title":"Thunder Go North: The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake's Fair and Good Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1579 Francis Drake and all those aboard the Golden Hind were in peril. The ship was leaking and they were in search of a protected beach to careen the ship to make repairs. They searched the coast and made landfall in what they called a Fair and Good Bay  generally thought to be in California. They stacked the treasure they had recently captured from the Spanish onto on this sandy shore  repaired the ship  explored the country  and after a number of weeks they set sail for home. When they returned to England  they became the second expedition to circumnavigate the earth  after Magellans voyage in 1522  and the first to return with its commander.  Thunder Go North unravels the mysteries surrounding Drakes famous voyage and summer sojourn in this bay. Comparing Drakes observations of the Natives houses  dress  foods  language  and lifeways with ethnographic material collected by early anthropologists  Melissa Darby makes a compelling case that Drake and his crew landed not in California but on the Oregon coast. She also uncovers the details of how an early twentieth-century hoax succeeded in maintaining the California landing theory and silencing contrary evidence. Presented here in an engaging narrative  Darbys research beckons for history to be rewritten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948089110581,"sku":"ByrdShop_160781725X","price":226.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781607817253.jpg?v=1770037490","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thunder-go-north-the-hunt-for-sir-francis-drakes-fair-and-good-bay","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}