A 16th-century map showing the route of Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation Public domain via Wikimedia Commons But the voyage was not all smooth sailing. In fact, it began with a false start.

Sir Francis Drake, in his last night in London before sailing, in 1595, to his death in the Western Caribbean, talks with a shipmate of his voyage of circumnavigation. 1577 to 1580, when he ...

How Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe changed the way Shakespeare's audiences viewed the world and their country's place on it. For the first time, England was engaging with the ...