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Sir Francis Drake
Piracy, 2016
Why did Philip II want to attack England?
• W anted to return England to Catholicism.
• Competition for trade and sea power and command of English Channel.
• Elizabeth had ordered the execution of Mary Queen of Scotts.
• During the Spanish Inquisition, England helped Dutch Protestants
• English pirates or “sea-dogs” like Sir Francis Drake had stolen huge sums of money and cargo from Spanish ships.
http://staff.washington.edu/rel2/geog100-
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Drake’s Secret Voyage
https://youtu.be/HSaXxrOgg60
If you would like to know more about the ship named the Golden Hind, click here:
http://www.pirateshipvallarta.com/blog/pirate-stories/why-is-the-golden-hind-famous
Originally called the Pelican, Sir Francis Drake renamed the ship in 1578 in honor of his friend and sponsor Sir Christopher Hatton who had an armorial crest of the golden hind (a mythological deer).
If you want to know more about mythology of the Golden Hind, Click here:
http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Ceryneian_Hind/ceryneian_hind.html
During his life Drake made one daring feat after another, the greatest being his circumnavigation of the earth, the first after Magellan's. On Dec. 13, 1577 he sailed from Plymouth with five ships, one of the two larger ships, the Pelican was Drake's own ship which he eventually renamed Golden Hind and the Elizabeth, commanded by John Winter. Three smaller vessels were the Marigold, Swan, and Benedict. Only one ship, the Golden Hind, made the complete voyage, returning on Sept. 26, 1580, "very richly fraught with gold, silver, pearls and precious stones.” Investors including his cousin and slave trader, John Hawkins, financed the expedition. Queen Elizabeth took the lion's share of the proceeds of the voyage. Drake himself earned £1,000, a huge sum for that time.
Drake’s fleet sailed to the Cape Verde Islands, then they sailed across the Atlantic to the coasts of South America and went southwards to Port St. Julian, where Magellan had anchored 58 years previously; they arrived there on June 18, 1578.
Thomas Doughty a friend of Drake was an officer on Drake's circumnavigation voyage. Drake accused Doughty of treachery and incitement to mutiny. He was put on trial at Port St. Julian and was found guilty. Doughty was given the choice of being abandoned on that desolate coast; of being returned to England for retrial; or of execution on the spot. He chose death, which was by beheading in accordance with his status.