Sir francis drake biography golden hinde
What happened to the original golden hind
Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between and She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in , in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer).
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Francis Drake became one of the most accomplished European seafarers of his time, with a varied career that saw him as merchant, pirate, mayor and even a brief period serving in .
Where is the golden hind docked in london
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, the greatest of the Elizabethan mariners, is one of the fathers of British shipping and sea power.
Golden hind history
His flagship, the Pelican, which Drake later renamed the Golden Hind (or Hinde), weighed only about tons.