### Drake Claims New Albion **Date**: June 17, 1579 • **Location**: Parksdale, United States Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England. Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. He is also known for participating in the early English slaving voyages of his cousin, John Hawkins, and John Lovell. Having started as a simple seaman, in 1588 he was part of the fight against the Spanish Armada as a vice admiral.

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