Finding of the Drake Plate
By: Leon Bocqueraz ; tape recorded interview conducted in Oakland and Berkeley, California by Willa Baum and George Peter Hammond on November 9, 1955 and February 1, 1956. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, California,
Contributors: Baum, Willa K.; Hammond, George P. 1896-1993.; Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley)
Published: 1955
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Plate of brass.; Caldeira, William.; Drakes Bay (Calif.)
Description: Concerning the finding of the Plate of Brass by William Caldeira (Mr. Bocqueraz' chauffeur) while on a hunting trip near Drake's Bay in 1933. Also, transcript of brief interview (Feb. 1, 1956) of Mr. Bocqueraz with George P. Hammond at the Bancroft Library. Portrait photograph and signed statement (assignment of title and rights) with map of the Drake's Bay area, included.

Carbon copy with slightly different photograph and unsigned statement.