English navigator Sir Francis Drake shown while disembarking at one of the stops he made, while sailing his galleon "Pelican."

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Pictured here in the foreground is English navigator Sir Francis Drake after disembarking at one of the stops he made, while sailing his galleon "Pelican," which he had renamed midway on his voyage around the world 1577-1580 the "Golden Hind" in honor of his patron Sir Christopher Hatton, whose coat-of-arms featured a golden hind.

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