On 26 September 1580, Francis Drake sailed the Golden Hind into Plymouth at the conclusion of his round-the-world trip with 59 remaining crew aboard, along with a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasures. The queen’s half-share of the cargo surpassed the rest of the crown’s income for that entire year. Drake was hailed as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the Earth, and his was the second such voyage arriving with at least one ship intact, after Elcano’s in 1520. He had departed in 1577 with five ships.
A replica of the Golden Hind at Bankside in London
Every time I park it on top of the hill, it rolls right down.
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Today is the birthday, in 1954, of Cesar Rosas guitarist from Los Lobos (Spanish for “the Wolves”), who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single with their cover version of ‘La Bamba’, which was a 1958 hit for Ritchie Valens and one of early rock and roll’s best-known songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAWPrCUQQ0
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