English explorer Sir Francis Drake sailed the Pacific in 1579, sacking Spanish galleons and stealing treasure, at least until his boat sprang a leak.

Sir Francis Drake, the legendary explorer and sea captain, who is perhaps best known for circumnavigating the globe in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580, is among them.

Sir Francis Drake, in his last night in London before sailing, in 1595, to his death in the Western Caribbean, talks with a shipmate of his voyage of circumnavigation. 1577 to 1580, when he ...

In March 2020, San Francisco's historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel closed due to the Covid pandemic. In spring 2021, it changed hands from the Pebblebrook Hotel Trust to Northview Hotel Group, and now ...

Photo Credit: Beacon Grand Following a top-to-bottom renovation, San Francisco's historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel is set to reopen this spring under a new name: the Beacon Grand.

With the rebrand, the former Sir Francis Drake Hotel's message to guests gets a little more complicated.

The Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco has changed its name over the British explorer's historical links to the slave trade. After shuttering during the Covid pandemic, the 426-room hotel ...

San Francisco’s 94-year-old Sir Francis Drake hotel became the latest local landmark to shed the name of the 16th century explorer for his ties to the slave trade. The 416-room hotel at the ...

San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel opened in 1928 and now 94 years later it's changing its name to the Beacon Grand.