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    When Sir Francis Drake landed upon the shores of modern day California he declared the land for Queen Eizabeth I, and named the land something that no one uses today. What was this name?

    Question #41634. Asked by Hamlet.. (Nov 26 03 3:07 PM)


    Linus_337

    		Nova Albion.

    http://www.betterbusinesswebs.com/nova_albion/the_nova_albion_project.htm

    Nov 26 03, 3:26 PM
    Hamlet.

    		Good Show! Do you know what Albion is, by chance?

    Nov 26 03, 4:46 PM
    Linus_337

    		I think I'm right in saying that it's the Olde English word for England.

    Nov 26 03, 4:52 PM
    mibmob

    		Nennius says that the earliest name of Britain, and the one used by Pliny, Albion, was from Albina, the eldest of the Danaids.

    Nov 27 03, 2:27 AM

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