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Sir Francis Drake sails to the West Indies

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  • Sir Francis Drake sails to the West Indies
    1577

    Sir Francis Drake sails to the West Indies

    Drake was an Elizabethan sailor and navigator, and the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
    1579 October 16
    Drake sights land in the Philippines. 1579 November 3
    Lands at Ternate in the East Indies. Makes a treaty with the Sultan and buys a cargo of cloves. https://memory.loc.gov/intldl/drakehtml/rbdktime.html