Melissa Darby - Thunder Go North: The Hunt for Sir Francis Drakes Fair and Good Bay

This book was written primarily for the general reader, unacquainted with the Drake landing controversy. But it contains considerable detail, including new historical and ethnographic material that will be of interest to the student and specialist.

I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge at the start my particular debt to archaeologists Christopher Knutson, Jeff La Lande, and R. Lee Lyman for their technical insights, corrections, and suggestions. In particular, the fine proofreading by Chris was invaluable. I owe a debt of gratitude to those who read early drafts, including the sharp-eyed Norm Berberick, and the thoughtful Michael Boeder. I am especially grateful to the three peer reviewers whose comments were important and as a result made this work better.

I would also like to thank United States Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon who took time out of his busy schedule to read the manuscript. Many thanks to Ralph Falkiner-Nuttall, who graciously provided a photograph of his great aunt, Zelia Nuttall. I am deeply indebted also to Diana Dane Dajani and her niece Elizabeth Baker for providing access to the private papers of George Ezra Dane, Dianas father. The title of was inspired by the poem California by Joaquin Miller.

I appreciate the courtesy and advice of maritime historian Harry Kelsey and the assistance of early modern European historian J. Sears McGee. I appreciate the forthright help with the Harley Manuscript from Heather Wolfe of the Folger Shakespeare Library. I am indebted to my colleagues at Portland State University, including Michele Gamburd and Virginia Butler. My gratitude goes out to John Lyon, University of British Columbia, for his strong work and in-depth analysis of the linguistic material.

I am especially indebted to Mark Campion for sleuthing obscure but important information that added to several lines of inquiry. You are the best. If it were not for Garry Gitzens works I would not have learnedabout the twelve-year-old girl who witnessed her father and other men discussing the Plate of Brass hoax. Finally, it was the research and writings of Bob Ward and later Samuel Bawlf that stirred my interest in the theory that Drake was on the Northwest coast.

I appreciate the staff help given me while I was doing research at the British Library, London; the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich; the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino; the Bancroft Library, Berkeley; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; the University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives, Eugene; the North Baker Research Library of the California Historical Society, San Francisco; the Oregon Historical Society, Portland; and the Coos County Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon.

I appreciate the comments and suggestions from Kassandra Ripee, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Coquille Indian Tribe; Jesse Beers, Cultural Director of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw; and Robert Kentta, Tribal Cultural Resources Director, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

Thanks go out to the intrepid crew for their work during the archaeological testing and remote sensing operation at Whale Cove: Jacqueline Cheung, John Craig, Eric Gleason, William E. Kirk, Daniel Martin, Samantha Nemecek, Toyin Quichocho, Doug Scott, Tom Wilson, and Mark Belda. Special thanks to Richard Johnson and Bryce Buchannan for their hospitality.