Home›1930s hoaxes›Drake's Plate of Brass🌐EnglishEnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolEntityQ1230788· pop 5· linked from 28 articlesDrake's Plate of Brassforged plaque allegedly placed by Francis Drake when landing in California in 1579Wikidata factsShow 1 more factCommons categoryPlate of BrassSources (2)github.comwikidata.orgvia Wikidata · CC0Available in 4 languagesEspañolDeutschBahasa Indonesiavia Wikidata sitelinks · CC0ConnectionsDrakes BayEntitySan FranciscoEntityCategories1930s hoaxes1933 archaeological discoveries20th-century inscriptionsArchaeological forgeriesBrassFrancis DrakeHistory of the San Francisco Bay AreaHoaxes in the United StatesIn-jokes