Thomas Cavendish, an English navigator and freebooter,…

July 1586 CE

Thomas Cavendish, an English navigator and freebooter, had accompanied Grenville in 1585 on his voyage to America.

Upon returning to England, Cavendish undertakes an elaborate imitation of Drake's circumnavigation.

He sails from Plymouth on July 21, 1586, with one hundred and twenty-three men in three vessels.

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