...Drake has his second view of the…
September 1578 CE
...Drake has his second view of the Pacific Ocean—this time from the deck of an English ship.
Now, as he would later write, “God by a contrary wind and intolerable tempest seemed to set himself against us.” During the gale, Drake's vessel and that of his second in command are separated; the latter, having missed a rendezvous with Drake, ultimately returns to England, presuming that the Hind had sunk.
It is, therefore, only Drake's flagship that makes its way into the Pacific and up the coast of South America.