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Subj: Today in History - Sept 26
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English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, in the Golden
Hind, becoming the first British navigator to sail the earth.
On December 13, 1577, Drake set out from England with five ships on a
mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World.
After crossing the Atlantic, Drake abandoned two of his ships in South
America and then sailed into the Straits of Magellan with the remaining
three. A series of devastating storms besieged his expedition in the
treacherous straits, wrecking one ship and forcing another to return to
England. Only the Golden Hind reached the Pacific Ocean, but Drake
continued undaunted up the western coast of South America, raiding
Spanish settlements and capturing a rich Spanish treasure ship.
Drake then continued up the western coast of North America, searching
for a possible northeast passage back to the Atlantic. Reaching as far
north as present-day Washington before turning back, Drake paused near
San Francisco Bay in June 1579 to repair his ship and prepare for a
journey across the Pacific. Calling the land “Nova Albion,ö Drake
claimed the territory for Queen Elizabeth I.
In July, the expedition set off across the Pacific, visiting several
islands before rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and returning to the
Atlantic Ocean. On September 26, 1580, the Golden Hind returned to
Plymouth, England, bearing its rich captured treasure and valuable
information about the world’s great oceans. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I
knighted Drake during a visit to his ship. The most renowned of the
Elizabethan seamen, he later played a crucial role in the defeat of the
Spanish Armada. The explorer died 1596 at the age of 56.
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