Born out of the sea 400 million years ago Drake’s Island has been a place of pilgrimage, a refuge, a fort, a prison, an observatory and an adventure centre. The fortifications have defended Plymouth from the time of the Spanish Armada to the World Wars. It has been the starting point for the voyages of discovery of some of the greatest of our explorers, Drake, Cook and Darwin. Still a place of mystery and rumour follow in the footsteps of Drake discovering Drake’s Island and the lives of those that lived there.
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The Governors of Plymouth and St Nicholas Island
The title of Governor of Plymouth and St Nicholas Isle seems to confirm they were regarded as two separate entities in...
THE HANDBACK OF THE ISLAND TO THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL AFTER WORLD WAR II
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World War Two – The Fort Record
I recently came across the Fort Log for World War Two and up to the start of the demilitarisation of the Island in...