Not only did he become the first explorer to make the journey around the world, but upon his return, despite the demands of the Spanish crown to have him beheaded, Queen Elizabeth made him a knight. Drake’s return trip to England took over a year. He claimed the area, thought to be near San Francisco, for the English crown. Afterward, Drake sailed to California to repair his ship. Drake confiscated an unbelievable amount of precious metals and jewels from Cacafuego-80 pounds of gold, two tons of silver, pearls, and precious stones. On March 3, 1579, The Golden Hind demolished Cacafuego with cannon fire off the coast of Panama. Drake also learned of the location of a huge Spanish galleon named Cacafuego that was sailing toward Panama. As a result, Drake plundered the Spanish vessel and proceeded to plunder the Spanish port at Callo. The Spanish ships could not identify The Golden Hind as a pirate ship because of rainy weather and because the Golden Hind had been ravaged by bad weather. The ship encountered Spanish sea vessels carrying gold. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and when Drake reached the west coast of South America, he had the leader of the mutiny, Thomas Doughty, beheaded.Īfter the mutiny, Drake’s ship, now named The Golden Hind, sailed for Valparaiso, Chile. Terrible weather prompted some of the crew to stage a mutiny (to take over the ship). On December 17, 1577, Drake left England with three ships and two supply ships and started his circumnavigation. As part of the circumnavigation, Drake made further plans to plunder Spanish interests. Queen Elizabeth promptly appointed Drake as the leader of an expedition to sail around (circumnavigate) the world. After successfully heisting the gold, he then sailed back to England and brought the spoils back to Queen Elizabeth. After an unsuccessful attempt to attack the Spaniards in present-day Nicaragua, Drake formulated new plans to attack a Spanish vessel carrying hoards of gold brought back from Mexico. Drake left England for the Caribbean Sea with two ships and 73 sailors. In 1572, Queen Elizabeth commissioned Drake to work as a privateer in attacking Spanish ports and shipping. From that point on, Drake developed a hatred for Catholic Spaniards and devised plans to seek revenge. At the time, the Spaniards had no idea that failing to kill Drake would prove so costly to the entire Spanish Empire. The Spaniards took all of their sea vessels, though they allowed Drake and Hawkins to escape with their lives. In 1567, Drake and his cousin, John Hawkins, were attacked by a Spanish ship in the Gulf of Mexico. He also served as an officer aboard a West African slave vessel. Drake taught himself navigation as the navigator of a small merchant vessel early in his career. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express permission from ZAMBIA MONITOR.Sir Francis Drake was born sometime around 1540 as the son of a Puritan farmer. Tayali on Appleaded not guilty to the charge and the matter was adjourned for commencement of trial. These guys keep our security, you can be frustrating them or trying their patience”. “I do not remember advocating for the defense force, because they have always been paid on time, but now, they are calling on me to speak for them, it is shame. Tayali is alleged to have between Maand Apat Lusaka attempted to incite persons serving in the defense force from their duty and allegiance to the President by writing on his Facebook page to which he said Mwewa, however, urged the prosecution to ensure that on all the witnesses should be before court as well as the state prosecutors having conducted of the case. Read more: Court adjourns trial of case involving former Health Permanent Secretary, Malama, 9 othersĭefence lawyer, Benjamin Mwewa in response said since it was the first time the prosecution was applying for the adjournment of the matter, he would not object to the application. Malundu who was representing two state prosecutors who are handling the matter applied to have the case adjourned to another date. State prosecutor, Siphiwe Malundu said the witnesses could not be before court because they were out of jurisdiction. The matter which was scheduled for commencement of trial before Lusaka magistrate, Kelvin Soma, could not take off because there were no witnesses before court. The Lusaka Magistrate Court has adjourned to May 15, 2023 a case in which Economic and Equity Party ( EEP) President, Chilufya Tayali, is charged with inciting mutiny.
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