Sunday 10 June 2012

Sir Francis Drake

 Sir Francis Drake

"Sir Francis Drake.
In 1581 Queen Elizabeth I commanded that Francis Drake's ship the Golden Hind be drawn into a creek near here at Deptford as a perpetual memorial for having 'circuited round about the whole earth'. On 4th April 1581 she banqueted on board the Golden Hind....."

Sir Francis Drake
Posted from London Remembers

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