Drake's Brass Plate - Relic or Hoax? From History Dispatches

Drake's Brass Plate - Relic or Hoax? From History Dispatches

This is an Episode from History Dispatches, a new daily history show hosted by Explorers Podcast creator Matt Breen and his son, McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. The show offers short, fun and easily digestible bits of history goodness. History Dispatches comes out every weekday. Drake's Brass Plate - Relic or Hoax? In 1933, a small brass plate was discovered near San Francisco - not far from where famed English privateer Francis Drake had supposedly landed back in 1579. It fit the description of a plate reportedly left by Drake - making it potentially one of the great relics of North American Exploration. https://historydispatches.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nellie Bly and the Race Around the World - Part 1

Nellie Bly and the Race Around the World - Part 1

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Pytheas and the Circumnavigation of Britain

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Christopher Columbus - Part 7

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Christopher Columbus - Part 6

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Columbus sets out on his fourth and final voyage. This time he's been ordered to find a passage to Asia - a voyage that will take him along the Central American coast. Learn more about your ad choices...

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