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Statue of Francis Drake, Plymouth
Monument
- Media metadata | Métadonnées multimédias
- was classified by | a été inscrite, classée, protégée par le biais de
- Grade II*
- depicts | figure
Drake, Francis- consists of | consiste en
- bronze
- was produced by | a été produit par
Boehm, Joseph Edgar
Statue | La statue
- has inscription | a une inscription
- Plaque at the base of the statue's plinth:
Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on December 13, 1577, to begin the 'famous voyage' during which he traversed the Strait of Magellan and discovered Drake Passage south of Cape Horn. Drake then sailed the Golden Hinde north and in June 1579 landed in California; he took possession of that region for Queen Elizabeth naming it Nova Albion. He returned to Plymouth September 26, 1580, having circumnavigated the globe. Drake was knighted aboard the Golden Hinde at Deptford in the presence of Queen Elizabeth on April 4, 1581.
This plaque was presented August 9, 1977, by the state of California Sir Francis Drake Commission in commemoration of the quadricentennial of Drake's voyage around the world. - consists of | consiste en
- granite