Golden Hind

Description

Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for her privateering circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as Pelican, but was renamed by Drake mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden 'hind' (a female red deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage. One full-sized, still sailable reconstruction containing original pieces of the galleon exists in London, on the south bank of the Thames.

Publications

Title	Publication Date	Description	Link
Golden Hind (webpage from Wikipedia)		Medium-length article on the ship	Link
The Original Golden Hind (webpage)		Webpage from the Golden Hind museum	Link

Events

Name	Date
Golden Hind launched	1577
Francis Drake's expedition sets out	1577-11-15
Golden Hind sails into Plymouth	1580-09-26
Golden Hind broken up	1650

Expeditions

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Start Head Count	End Head Count
Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the earth	1577	1580	164	59

Operated By

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Short Biography
Sir Francis Drake	1540	1596	an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.

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