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The
reproduction* of the "Golden Hinde".
This
was Sir Francis Drake's (originally named "Pelican") ship which he sailed
round the world plundering spanish gold as he went. This reproduction has
sailed 140,000 miles around the world. If you are english you probably
think of Drake as a dashing sea dog "privateer" responsible for "The singeing
of the King of Spain's Beard" when he sacked Cadiz and for defeating
the spanish armada as well as being the first englishman to circumnavige
the world. If you are spanish you probably just think he was the pirate
"El Diablo".
**another
reproduction "Golden Hind" is to be found in Brixham, Devon |
