GOLDEN
HIND - ENGLISH - 1577
The "GOLDEN HIND" took its name from the golden
figure appearing on the coat-of-arms of Lord C.C Hatton's
family, who financed Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation
of the globe. On the 13th of December 1577, Sir Francis Drake,
on board the galleon "GOLDEN HIND", together with
another four ships, set out on the most famous voyage in English
naval history.
After crossing with difficulty the Magellan Straits, and
owing to the dreadful storms in which two of the ships were
wrecked, he moored into the port of Valparaiso. Afterwards
he followed the coasts of Chile and Peru plundering Spanish
ships and ports and catching enormous booty. He then went
up as far as California, probably trying to discover the long
searched for North-West passage. He continued his voyage in
the direction of the Molucas and Java, doubled the Cape of
Good Hope and returned to England after three years, completing
his voyage around the world.
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