Published Works

Image Courtesy of Steve Wright

Across eight decades, distinguished publishers, journals, and organizations in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada have published hundreds of works by Drake Navigators Guild scholars, several of which have won extraordinarily prestigious awards.

What follows is a partial list of the their work.

Selected Books By Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison

  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus (1942). Gareth Stevens Publishing 1997. (1943 Pulitzer Prize winner)

  • John Paul Jones (1959). Naval Institute Press. (1960 Pulitzer Prize winner)

• European Discovery of America (1971). Oxford University Press 1986. (1972 Bancroft Prize)

  • The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931–April 1942 (1948). Brown and Little. (1949 Bancroft Prize)

Selected Books By Dr.  Barry Gough

  • Possessing Meares Island (2021). Harbour Publishing. (North American Society for Oceanic History’s 2022 John Lyman Award, British Columbia Historical Federation’s 2021 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal, Canadian Nautical Research Society’s 2022 Keith Mathews Award)

  • Pax Britannica: Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace before Armageddon (2014). Palgrave MacMillian. (The Maritime Foundation’s 2015 Mountbatten Literary Award)

  • Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams (2012). Harbour Publishing.

  • Historical Dreadnoughts: Arthur Marder, Stephen Roskill and Battles for Naval History (2010). Seaforth Publishing (Canadian Nautical Research Society’s 2011 Keith Mathews Award)

  • Gunboat Frontier: British Maritime Authority and the Northwest Coast Indians, 1846 - 1890 (1984). University of British Columbia Press. (Canadian Nautical Research Society’s 1985 Keith Mathews Award)

Selected Books By Edward Von der Porten

  • The Mystery of the Plate of Brass (2020). Co-authored with James Spitze, Raymond Aker, and Robert Allen.

  • Ghost Galleon: The Discovery and Archaeology of the San Juanillo on the Shores of Baja California (2019). Texas A&M University Press.

  • Write In Style (2012). Perfection Learning; 5th edition.

  • The Drake And Cermeño Expeditions' Chinese Porcelains At Drakes Bay, California 1579 And 1595 (1981). Santa Rosa Junior College and Drake Navigators Guild. (Co-authored with Clarence Shangraw)

  • Pictorial History of the German Navy in World War II (1976). Crowell; Revised edition .

  • The German Navy in World War II (1969). T. Y. Crowell.

Selected Journal Articles By DNG Members

Access to several of these articles may be found HERE.

  • Steve Wright (2024) “Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho: A Mariner’s Mettle,” Topmasts, The Society For Nautical Research.

  • Steve Wright (2023) “Tello’s Bark: Francis Drake’s Spanish Asset,” Topmasts, The Society For Nautical Research.

  • Steve Wright (2023) “The Art of Discovering Francis Drake’s California Sojourn," Topmasts, The Society For Nautical Research.

  • Steve Wright, Michael Von der Porten (2019) "The History and Archaeology Relating to Drake, Cermeño, and Vizcaíno in Marin County," Proceedings of The Society for California Archaeology.

  • Admiral Sir Simon Cassels, KCB CBE (2013) "Where Did Drake Careen The Golden Hind in June/July 1579? A Mariner's Assessment," The Mariner's Mirror, The Society For Nautical Research.

  • Robert Allen (2007) “Nova Albion, The 1579 Claim to New England,” Sea History.

  • Edward Von der Porten (2005) "Spanish Pieces of Eight, The First Worldwide Currency," Monterey History and Art Association Quarterly.

  • Edward Von der Porten, Raymond Aker, Robert Allen, James Spitze (2004) "Who Made Drake's Plate of Brass?" California History. (Coke Wood Award—second place—by Westerners International in 2004.)

  • Edward Von der Porten (2004) "A New Drake Myth," Sea History.

  • Philip Williams (2001) “Restoring Physical Processes in Tidal Wetlands,” Journal of Coastal Research.

  • Raymond Aker (1998) “Sir Francis Drake Discovered Cape Horn,” The Mariner’s Mirror. The Society For Nautical Research.

  • Edward Von der Porten (1996) “Notes on the Swedish Warship Vasa of 1628," Nautical Research Journal.

  • Edward Von der Porten (1994) "The Hanseatic League," National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society.

  • Raymond Aker (1980) “A Safe Harbor At Point Reyes,” Geographical Society, Royal Geographical Society.

  • Philip Williams (1978) “Dam design: Is the technology faulty?,” New Scientist.

  • Edward Von der Porten (1975) "Drake's First Landfall," Pacific Discovery, California Academy of Sciences.

  • Edward Von der Porten (1972) "Drake and Cermeño in California: Sixteenth Century Chinese Ceramics," Historical Archaeology.

  • Captain Adolph S. Oko (1964) “Francis Drake and Nova Albion,” California Historical Society Quarterly.

  • Edward Von der Porten (1960) “Our First New England,” United States Naval Institute Proceedings.

  •  Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S.N. (1958) “Drake’s Cove—A Navigational Approach to Identification,” Pacific Discovery, California Academy of Sciences.

The DNG has also published books written by their members. Some of these include:

  • Steve Wright (2016). Francis Drake’s Mostly Marvelous Adventure.

  • Raymond Aker and Edward Von der Porten (2010). Discovering Francis Drake’s California Harbor.

  • Raymond Aker (1970). Report of Findings Relating to Identification of Sir Francis Drake’s Encampment at Point Reyes National Seashore.

  • Raymond Aker (1965). The Cermeño Expedition at Drakes Bay 1595.