My name is Garry David Gitzen and I am the curator of a private library of 16th - 18th century exploration of the Pacific. As an Oregon historian, my research for the past thirty years has concentrated on Pacific Coast cartography, ethnology and topography of Nehalem Bay as well as focusing on navigation and surveying methods during the age of exploration. I've lectured throughout Oregon highlighting Francis Drake's Oregon landing. I've written a number of articles and books on the subject, some of which are listed on my website: FortNehalem.net.
My current work is an extensively researched manuscript dispelling the folklore of conventional theories purporting a Francis Drake landing on any shores of California. Additionally, I have an article in press for the Terrae Incognitae international journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries - www.sochistdisc.org.
I always enjoy hearing feedback from those who have read my books.
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