Discover the historic voyage of the first English ship to sail around the globe.

Part 1: The Background

In 1577 England was known as a 'nation of pirates'. In this context, Francis Drake circumnavigated the world, returning three years later aboard The Golden Hinde - a ship laden with treasure and suddenly steeped in scandal...

But his violent actions and theft of unimaginable treasures contributed to growing tensions between England and Spain which would ultimately result in the Spanish Armada and war!

How did Drake's acts of piracy earn him a knighthood? In our first Circumnavigation video we meet the main players, entering a world of Elizabethan intrigue, where pirates, sea-battles and skullduggery await!

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Bibliography:

Childs, David, Pirate Nation: Elizabeth I and Her Royal Sea Rovers (Seaforth Publishing, 2014)

Crosby, Alfred W., The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003)

Nuttall, Zelia, New Light on Drake, A Collection of Documents Relating to His Voyage of Circumnavigation, 1577-1580 (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

Rodger, N. A. M., ‘The Law and Language of Private Naval Warfare’, The Mariner’s Mirror, 100.1 (2014), 5–16, [ Ссылка ]

Sugden, John, Sir Francis Drake (Random House, 2012)

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