Francis Drake had sailed west across the…

1579 CE

Francis Drake had sailed west across the Pacific in July 1579.

After sixty-eight days, he sights a line of islands (probably the remote Palau group).

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Koror Palau View →

People
Francis Drake View →

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Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → England, (Tudor) Kingdom of View → Peru, Viceroyalty of View → Brazil, Colonial View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View →

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Exploration of Oceania, European View → Elizabethan Period View → Drake's circumnavigation of the earth View →

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Spices View →

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Products View → Watercraft View → Exploration View → Government View → Geography View →

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