Fauvette 1:150

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This very famous sailing ship was the flagship of Sir Francis Drake. He renamed the ship in 1577 from The Pelican prior to his daring voyage to America. He circumnavigated South America and began plundering Spanish settlements and towns on the Pacific coast from Peru to Panama. To avoid being pursued by the Spaniards on his return journey, he decided to circumnavigate the rest of the world with a ship loaded with treasure. And so the Golden Hind was the second ship to cross the Pacific Ocean, sail through the Pacific Islands and return to England around the Cape of Good Hope. Here he was greeted after three years in 1580 with a huge ovation. The treasure recovered was so great that the voyage earned investors an appreciation of 4700%. Captain Drake was made a nobleman by Queen Elizabeth I for this feat.