The Sir Francis Drake Association (SFDA) of Oregon and The Sir Francis Drake Association of California are a collaboration among all sciences of history and cartograph, navigation identifying Captain Francis Drake's 1579 anchorage site on the Pacific Coast. As 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations, we are working to facilitate the educational needs, not met by individual, county, state and federal budgets, to enhance the experience of Oregon's history for all students.
Meet Our Oregon and California Teams
Garry D. Gitzen
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Phil Costaggini, MSCE
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Tom Mock
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VP - Design & Transportation: Timothy Leonard Calvert 58: Mis-educated in Oregon, and really mis-educated in Sociology at Lewis and Clark College. Walked in the wrong direction for 25 years, finally became aware of the many truer narratives that describe history. Found Gitzen's book "Francis Drake in Nehalem Bay", then found Mr. Gitzen himself. Interested in using this anomalous event; Drake in Nehalem Bay, to interest people in history. A firm supporter of the Diffusionist Theory of human occupation/discovery of the world.
https://anthropology.ua.edu/theory/diffusionism-and-acculturation/#:~:text=Diffusionism%3A%20This%20school%20of%20thought,English%20scholar%20Grafton%20Elliot%20Smith. Diffusionism and Acculturation – Anthropology Diffusionism: This school of thought proposed that civilization spread from one culture to another, because humans are basically conservative and lack inventiveness (Winthrop 1991:83).An extreme example of this theory was the idea proposed by English scholar Grafton Elliot Smith. He considered Egypt as the primary source for many other ancient civilizations (Smith 1931:393-394). anthropology.ua.edu |
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