History across the Curriculum 3, Exercise 2, Page 54.0:01
The Master Thief of the Unknown World.0:14
In 1577, five ships left Plymouth with Francis Drake and 160 other men on board to sail around the world.0:30
Three years later, only one ship, the Golden Hind, returned to England.0:40
After crossing the Atlantic.0:47
Drake left two ships on the east coast of South America.0:49
With the three remaining ships, he then found a new route around the bottom of the continent.0:54
But when they reached the Pacific, violent storms destroyed one of the ships and caused another to turn back to England.1:00
Next, the Golden Hinds sailed north along the west coast of South America, attacking Spanish ports.1:08
This was because at that time, the Spanish controlled all the gold from the New World and Drake wanted it.1:16
Drake also captured Spanish ships and stole their maps and treasure.1:24
The Spanish called him the Master Thief of the Unknown World.1:29
Finally, Drake sailed to North America and then crossed the Pacific to the Moluccas in the southwest.1:35
Eventually, he sailed round the southern tip of Africa and arrived in England in September 1580.1:41
When Drake returned, he was knighted by Elizabeth I. He was the first Englishman to sail around the world.1:49
He had made many discoveries and had brought back an amazing fortune in treasure.1:57
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