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5 ships when reached Pacific Ocean the Golden Hing was left O Plundered spanish ships and ports O Claimed part of north california and called New Albion O Estimated to bring £400,000 home ● Spanish Armarda Drakes aims were: ● Revenge for spanish attack on John Hawkins fleet in 1568 To capture Spanish gold, silver and treasure As a puritan he wanted to weaken the greatest Catholic power in Europe Hope to make England powerful by claiming new land for the Queen ● Wanted to establish new and better trade routes ● Drake's ships: Golden Hind was the main ship to survive ● Also the Marigold, Swan, Christopher, Elizabeth 5 ships in total 164 sailors O Appointed second in command of the British fleet 1587 - attacked Spanish parts of Cadiz and Corunna - 20-30 Spanish ships sunk and captured Why does Drake's circumnavigation of the globe matter? Circumnavigation Stage one Brazil ● ● Stage two Brazil to Guatulca ● From plymouth to cape verde (Islands west coast of Africa) to Brazil At Cape Verde captured Portuguese ships and its cargo of wine Quarrels among the crew Storms and weather becoming a problem ● Tensions rose, Thomas Doughty was charged with mutiny Order of his execution Drake put all his men and stores on 3 best ships Burned others When Drake in Magellan Strait and near land of Tierra del Fuego Drake gained knowledge of geography, not a large Southern continent but group of islands Marigold sank when faced with bad weather Elizabeth got lost but found way back to England Along coast of Peru, attacked Spanish settlements, captured gold, silver, treasure and supplies Stage three - South America to Plymouth At Guatulca, Drake decided to find new route to travel home by as Spanish ships now alert In California, claimed land for Elizabeth New colonies for British Empire 'New Albion' In Ternate picked up spices, cloves, ginger, pepper - most of it thrown overboard to lighten load when stranded on reef Drake questioned whether Elizabeth was alive Significance: ● England as a seafaring nation - almost ended in disaster, 1 ship in 1578, returned with 56 men having circumnavigated the world, 2nd crew to do so Encouraging exploration - survived partly from raiding Spanish ships and colonies on coast of South America, travelled as north as vancouver, gathered useful information and wrote logs Nava Albion - 1579, Golden Hind in heed of repairs, Drake landed in bay, treated with great hospitality and took it to be a coronation named it New Albion Encouraging colonies in America - plans in 1570s to establish colonies came to nothing, Gilbert failed in 1578. Tried again in 1583 because of Drake Anglo-spanish damaged relations - Drake angered Phillip by the attacks, Elizabeth knighted Drake - Elizabeth approves of acts. Relationship deteriorating.