Did Francis Drake discover Canada's west coast, 100 years before the Spanish ? [Archive]

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bob10

14th December 2019, 10:32 AM

Wouldn't surprise me.

Francis Drake May Have Discovered Western Canada Hundreds of Years Earlier, Kept Quiet About It
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bob10

15th December 2019, 08:08 AM

Juan Ponce de Leons' voyage to Florida.

Setting Sail: the 500th Anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon’s Discovery of Florida
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| Smithsonian (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/setting-sail-the-500th-anniversary-of-juan-ponce-de-leons-discovery-of-florida-10197205/)

bob10

15th December 2019, 08:14 AM

New Zealand's oldest shipwreck is Dutch. Before Cook, after Tasman.

The discovery of New Zealand's oldest shipwreck – possible evidence of further Dutch exploration of the South Pacific - ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440313004202)