Golden Hinde Hind replica in London on wharf on River Thames
vertical photo of The Golden Hinde captained by Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world between 1577 and 1580 is now moored at Horseshoe Wharf on the River Thames in London England Great Britain UK. The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as the Pelican, and was renamed by Drake in mid-voyage in 1577, as he prepared to enter the Straits of Magellan. He rechristened the ship the Golden Hind in a political gesture, to compliment his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial crest was a golden hind (in heraldry, a 'hind' is a doe). Golden Hinde, a modern full size replica of the same ship was built in Appledore, Devon and launched in 1973. It has travelled more than 140,000 miles (225 000 km), a distance equal to more than five times around the globe. Like the original, it circumnavigated the world. Since the 1996 it has been berthed at St Mary Overie's Dock, in Bankside, Southwark, London, close to Southwark Cathedral. There are organised visits from schools, where children can dress up as Tudor sailors and receive living history lessons about Elizabethan naval history.
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