SIR Francis Drake was an English naval officer and explorer who set sail across the world. But what else is he known for and what was the Golden Hind? Here's the lowdown... Sir Francis Drake was ...

A rare replica of Sir Francis Drake’s historic Golden Hind ship is for sale in Brixham, Devon, for only the second time. The full-size replica of the famous 16th-Century galleon is one of only ...

But the Golden Hind was full of plunder and sprung a ... Some evidence suggests Sir Francis Drake careened his ship here in 1579. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB “The boundary of New Spain was ...

Francis Drake may have spent the summer of 1579 overhauling the Golden Hind (also spelled Hinde) at Whale Cove near Depoe Bay, instead of in Drake's Estero north of San Francisco. This is the ...

Sir Francis Drake made some remarkable journeys ... coast of Africa before arriving home in 1580 on his ship the Golden Hind. Drake returned with a large cargo of spices and Spanish treasures ...

That is the 450th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake anchoring his ship, the Golden Hind, for a few weeks at the Marin coastline in 1579. The exhibit will include a 7-by-13-foot mural of Drake's ...

Armada hero Sir Francis Drake has been cancelled ... Elizabeth I awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581 which he received on the Golden Hind in Deptford. In the same year, he was appointed mayor ...