Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District National Historic Landmark
Von der Porten E. 2012. Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 12001006_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, California. The NHL nomination for Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1, 2, and 6. The property includes 15 California Indian sites that were occupied or used seasonally at the time of the sixteenth century when it was associated with their earliest documented cross-cultural encounters with Europeans in northern California. This is also the most likely site of Sir Francis Drake’s 1579 encampment at Drake’s Cove, the first English encampment on land that is now part of the United States. Furthermore, it is the site of the earliest recorded shipwreck on the West Coast, the Manila galleon San Agustin in 1595.. The period of national significance is 1579 to 1595.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Von der Porten, Edward
- Date of Issue
- 2012-10-16
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- National Historic Landmark, Point Reyes National Seashore