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Sir Francis Drake
at Buckland Abbey
National Portrait Gallery, London
Michael Turner
at Buckland Abbey
The world's best Sir Francis Drake resource
A unique project by
Michael Turner B.
Ed (Hons)
Explorer, Author, Speaker
Overview
Since 1980, I have travelled the world in Drake's wake and footsteps, recording on slide film, virtually all Drake's movements.
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When I have been to Cape Horn, I shall have seen all Drake's world.
My journeys are based on meticulous and painstaking research that has resulted in the discovery and verification of Drake's previously unidentified anchorages and places ashore.
This has largely been made possible by the help that I have received from the late, retired Master Merchant Mariner, Mr Raymond Aker, President of the Drake Navigators Guild, Palo Alto, California.
In 1983, this nautical researcher began piloting me to many of Drake's hitherto unidentified anchorages.
Ray's navigational experiences a