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People: Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Topic: Drake's circumnavigation of the earth
Location: Prokuplje Serbia Serbia

Drake's circumnavigation of the earth

Years: 1577 - 1580

Francis Drake, circumnavigating the Eath from 1577–1580 in Golden Hind, discovers the Drake Passage but enters the Pacific via the Strait of Magellan.

“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”

—Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral ... (2004)