N. de Morena

N. de Morena or N. de Morera, name given to him by his coetaneous Fray Juan de Torquemada[1] and by most authors,[2][3][4][5] was a European ship pilot who reportedly was left at New Albion by Sir Francis Drake in 1579 and then walked to Mexico. In doing so, he likely was the first European to see San Francisco Bay and likely established the incorrect idea that California was an island.[6] In only few and non coetaneous references, the name is given as "N. de Morena."[7]

References

  1. ↑ John Logan Allen (1997). North American Exploration. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 433–. ISBN 0-8032-1015-9.
  2. ↑ Dora Polk. The Island of California: A History of the Myth. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 221–. ISBN 0-8032-8741-0.
  3. ↑ Samuel Bawlf (1 September 2009). The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake. D&M Publishers Incorporated. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-1-926706-24-5.
  4. ↑ Harry Kelsey (2000). Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate. Yale University Press. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-300-08463-4.
  5. ↑ The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake
  6. ↑ Charles F. Lumis, ed. (1900). "Narrative of the Pilot Morera, who passed through the North Sea to the South Sea through the Strait". The Land of Sunshine, The Magazine of California and the West (February). pp. 184–186.
  7. ↑ Aker, Raymond (1970). REPORT OF FINDINGS RELATING TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S ENCAMPMENT AT POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE (PDF). pp. 338–340.


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