<P> At our departure hence our General set up a monument of our being there, as also of her Majesty's right and title to the same; namely a plate, nailed upon a fair great post, whereupon was engraved her Majesty's name, the day and year of our arrival there, with the free giving up of the province and people into her Majesty's hands, together with her Highness' picture and arms, in a piece of six pence of current English money, under the plate, whereunder was also written the name of our General . </P> <P> It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never been in this part of the country, neither did ever discover the land by many degrees to the southwards of this place . </P> <P> Drake had a European ship pilot aboard who was in ill health . Left ashore, N. de Morena recovered his health and walked to Mexico . </P> <P> For nearly four decades after the so - called "Drake's Plate of Brass" came to public attention in 1936, it was believed that the "plate" that Pretty describes had been found . The so - called "Drake's Plate" was revealed to be a practical joke among local historians that got out of control and became a full - blown public hoax . </P>

What present day state was part of the original nova albion