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The Golden Hind,
or Golden Hinde as it is sometimes referred to, was an
English Galleon that circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and
1580. It was originally called Pelican but in mid voyage it
was renamed Golden Hind by it's captain, Sir Francis Drake,
in honour of his main sponsor Sir Christopher Hatton, whose family
coat of arms was a golden 'hind' (female deer). Francis Drake was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on his return. The ship also took part
in the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588 and it was the
Golden Hind, captained by Thomas Fleming, that carried the news
of the arrival of the Armada to Drake and Howard at Plymouth. |
