What other Historians  have said:

"I now believe Francis Drake was in Nehalem Bay due to Garry Gitzen's book."
  -- Thomas Vaughan, 
       Oregon Historian Laureate and Exec. Dir. Oregon Historical Society 1954-1989

“No one has written in such depth on the subject, every school and library in Oregon should have a copy…frankly, it’s  magnificent, it has no parallel...”
-- Harvey Steele,
    Oregon Archaeological Society

"I've read your book three time...it's excellent." 
-- Millard McClung, Asst. Exec. Dir. Oregon Historical Society (retired)

"I am enjoying your work and you should be both proud and ready for a fusillade of words from California." 
 -- Herbert K. Beals,
Oregon Historical Society Historian (retired)

"I greatly enjoyed the book, and I thought you advanced your arguments well."
 -- James P. Delgado, PhD, FRGS, RPA, Texas A&M

"Francis Drake in Nehalem Bay is a scholarly piece of research and I would recommend its reading to any serious student of Francis Drake or 16th century maritime expansion."
  -- Susan Jackson, Drake Exploration Society U.K.

"I concur completely on: the flora, the natives, the shell chains and clothing and the boats including language that has been so fouled up by the Drake Navigators Guild."
  -- Ralph Heading, Pacific Coast Exploration Society
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Front Cover: Above
Back Cover: Below
Francis Drake's Port Nova Albion map overlay
on U.S. G&CS Nehalem Bay map

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PEACE

Francis Drake in Nehalem Bay 1579, Setting the Historical Record Straight

   Puts to rest the disputed site of Francis Drake's careening of his ship the Golden Hinde on the Pacific Northwest shores in the summer of 1579.

  Examines the topography, ethnology and geology of Nehalem Bay, Oregon.
Heavily illustrated and footnoted, 258 pages.

~ Some Reviews~
Oregon Archeological Society Review

Portland Examiner Review

Oregon Archeological Society Newsletter

North Coast Citizen - Survey Rock Article

Link to what Princeton Library says

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