The monstrous plan
To be born Drake around 1540 in the county Devonshire. He is probably only 13 when he goes out to sea. From the cabin boy he works his way up to the capable navigator, then to the shrewd officer. He was involved in the English slave trade and from 1566 started doing letters of invasion from the Queen Elisabeth I. Hunting the ships and ports of Spain. 1568 escapes Drake but only barely a devastating sea battle.
Fired in his hatred of Catholic Spain, the Puritan privateer is now also waging a relentless private war against Spain’s King Philip II. When England and Spain’s relations improved in 1573 and his pirate trips were on the brink, developed Drake a monstrous plan for the British Admiralty: to penetrate into the Pacific, where Spain’s fleets have so far been able to cruise undisturbed.
Further than any other European
In the end it will Drakes tireless persuasion is rewarded. In December 1577 he stabs in with five ships Plymouth on one of the most important expeditions in English history south to sea. Due to severe storms, after 50 days only his flagship is left “Golden Hinde“left over.
As one of the first sailors to sail around Drake Cape Horn. He steals huge amounts of gold and silver on Spanish galleons off Panama. Presumably it comes in the north up to the height of Vancouver. After a layover near today’s San Franciscowhere he takes possession of the land for England sails Drake With the help of captured Spanish maps, continue towards the Indian Ocean and back via the Cape of Good Hope.
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