Capture of Santiago (1585) - Wikipedia
Web(Santiago is the largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.) An English expedition led by Francis Drake captured the port town of Cidade Velha in the Cape Verde islands that had recently belonged to the Crown of Portugal. He sacked it and then marched inland before doing the same at São Domingos and Praia.
The Caribbean Raid | Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by …
WebDrake's fleet of seven large ships and 22 smaller vessels sailed from Plymouth on September 14th, 1585; stopped at Bayona and Vigo on the northwest coast of Spain (Oct. 1-11), and reached Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands on November 17th. That town was plundered and burned, and on November 29th the fleet set sail across the Atlantic.
Francis Drake - Wikipedia
WebQueen Elizabeth I, through her principal secretary Francis Walsingham, ordered Sir Francis Drake to lead an expedition to attack the Spanish colonies in a kind of pre-emptive strike. An expedition left Plymouth in September 1585 with Drake in command of twenty-one ships with 1,800 soldiers under Christopher Carleill .
Pirate to Admiral: Sir Francis Drake - HistoryNet
WebApr 4, 2018 · By the time the expedition had pillaged its way through the Cape Verde Islands, executed one of its own captains on the South American coast (eliminated as a threat to Drake’s authority), forced a passage of the Straits of Magellan and endured a violent Pacific storm shortly after exiting the straits, only one ship, Drake’s Pelican (which ...
Sir Francis Drake: Facts, Routes & Biography - HISTORY
WebNov 9, 2009 · He sailed to the West Indies and the coast of Florida and mercilessly plundered Spanish ports there, taking Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands, Cartagena in Colombia, St. Augustine in Florida...
The Sea Dogs - Queen Elizabeth's Privateers
WebJul 3, 2020 · In an epic voyage in his 150-ton Golden Hind, Drake attacked ships in the Cape Verde Islands, sailed down the coast of South America, and then up into the Pacific Ocean where raids were made on Spanish colonial settlements such as Valparaiso and yet more treasure ships were looted.
The Famous Voyage: The Circumnavigation of the World 1577-1580
WebSilva was captured by Drake on January 30, 1578, with his little merchant ship off Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands. His vessel was confiscated by Drake, and his own services were commandeered. He remained with the circumnavigators until April 13, 1579, when he was released at Huatulco in Central America.
[Francis Drake's Attack of Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands]
WebDetailed plan of the harbor of Santiago (S. Iacob) in the Cape Verde Islands, showing Sir Francis Drake's attack in 1585, based upon Baptista Boazio's engraved view of Santiago and later published by De Bry in his Grand Voyages, based upon originals obtained by Boazio from Drake.
WebTrue Discourse of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, published in London by Biggs and Croftes in 1588- ... Drake sailed directly west from Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa. The first port Drake reached in the West Indies was Santo Domingo ... attack the Spanish settlement. Boazio, Baptista. [Map and views
Queen Elizabeth's favorite pirate was an English hero, but his …
WebJul 8, 2021 · After a failed attack on the Canary Islands, the fleet headed south for the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of Senegal, where the corsairs spent two weeks looting the few riches the island ...
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