Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . all his savings, in an expedition of to Mexico, made in 1567. There werefive ships, Drake receiving command of the Ju-dith, a vessel of fifty tons. The expedition, aftercapturing 400 or 500 negroes on the African coast,crossed to Dominica for trade, then attempted toreach Florida, but was driven by tempest into theharbor of San Juan de Ulua (now Vera Cruz) forrepairs and supplies. The next day a fleet oftwelve ships arrived from Spain. A naval bat-tle followed, inwhich only twoof the Englishships returnedto England, hav-i
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . all his savings, in an expedition of to Mexico, made in 1567. There werefive ships, Drake receiving command of the Ju-dith, a vessel of fifty tons. The expedition, aftercapturing 400 or 500 negroes on the African coast,crossed to Dominica for trade, then attempted toreach Florida, but was driven by tempest into theharbor of San Juan de Ulua (now Vera Cruz) forrepairs and supplies. The next day a fleet oftwelve ships arrived from Spain. A naval bat-tle followed, inwhich only twoof the Englishships returnedto England, hav-ing lost his en-tire property,and fruitlesslypetitioned thecourt of Spainfor indemnity;but getting nosatisfaction, andenraged at thetreatment he re-ceived, he beganto sail with theavowed objectof pillaging theSpaniards. In1570 he obtaineda commissionfrom Queen Eliz-abeth, and in 1572 he armed two ships at Plym-outh, with which, joined by a third at PortPheasant on the coast of South America, he madea descent on Xew Granada, captured and plun-. 22 DRAKE DRAKE axons Spanish settlements, and made, atthe v v as oi his enemies, a Fortune vastly Largerthan that they had taken from him. He visitedthe isthmus oi Darien, saw from a mountain-topthe waves of ilie Pacific and planned an expe-dition into those wato is. IK returned to England573, and was welcomed as a hero. Under theje of Elizabeth, he s^t sail from Plymouth,13 Dec., 1>T7. with five vessels and 164gentlemenand sailors, to follow tho route thai had been tracedIan. 01 these vessels, the - Pelican wasthe only one that completed the adventure. Herarmament was twenty guns o( brass and iron, withother- stowed away in the hold Drake pillagedthe Spanish settlements o( Chili and Peru, andssel he found, among them a royal galleon,Laden with gold, silver, and precious stones, to thevalue of aboul $3,000,000. He then sailed north-ward, and. Landing on the coast of California, tooki in the name of his sovereign,and named\ Ubion. He re
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