Sir Francis Drake’s ‘Fair and Good Bay’ was long thought to be in California. Now some experts point to Oregon ...

Yes, California has embraced the legacy of Drake with many place names, including the famous Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. Queen Elizabeth II even attended the 400th anniversary of the ...

Marin County’s claim to Sir Francis Drake’s famous landfall in 1579 is being called into question in a new book that asserts the English seafarer landed in Oregon. Debate about whether Drake ...

More than 400 years ago, Sir Francis Drake became the first British explorer to make contact with Native Americans on what is now the American West Coast. The question is where? Oregon or California?

The Sir Francis Drake Hotel, the Union Square icon that opened in 1928, will become the Beacon Grand. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Business Times. The 21-story, 416-room hotel ...

Edward Von der Porten, a renowned maritime scholar who was an expert on Sir Francis Drake’s 16th century visit to California, died Sunday after complications from surgery in San Francisco. He ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The iconic Sir Francis Drake Hotel opened in 1928 and now 94 years later it's changing from the inside out. Starting with its controversial name. "His name doesn't have to ...

"Drake was the kind of pirate who looted, raped and kidnapped people and enslaved them," explained Ovetz. He said keeping the name Sir Francis Drake glorifies the ancient pirate and slave trader.