Oregon's stolen history : California's Sir Francis Drake Commission (1973-1980) and the multiple denials for official recognition by the California State Historical Resources Commission /Garry David Gitzen

"Just as the Greek Plato used the metaphor of the sun in the Allegory of the Cave, the California theorists constructed an illusion of Francis Drake landinjg in California, an allegory which led to a great many people into believing that he landed in California for the five weeks in the summer of 1579. Oregon's Stolen History documents the false California story from the beginig [beginning] in 1840 through the state legislated California's Sir Francis Drake Commission (1973-1980) to promote Drake's sojourn in California and their multiple denials for official recognition by the California State Historical Resources Commission"--Back cover.