Welcome to Day 6 of this year’s online History Festival! Today we’ll be looking at a variety of Plymouth landmarks, starting with a look at Drake’s Island. First, here’s a clip from episode 3 of the BBC’s ‘Secret Britain’, which includes a peek at the island as it looks today. Taking a step back toContinue reading “Drake’s Island”
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Drake’s Charter
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Here’s a fascinating document that relates to Sir Francis Drake’s ‘privateering’… This Elizabethan document from city’s historic collections is dated 1587. It’s a Royal Letters Patent (charter or deed) to Sir Francis Drake committing to him theContinue reading “Drake’s Charter”
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