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Sir Thomas Cavendish (1560 – May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and return by circumnavigating the globe.
Aug 3, 2020 · Thomas Cavendish (1560-1592 CE) was an Elizabethan mariner and privateer who famously circumnavigated the globe in 1586-88 CE, only the third voyage to do so and the first to set sail with that specific intention.
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Thomas Cavendish was an English navigator and freebooter, leader of the third circumnavigation of the Earth. Cavendish accompanied Sir Richard Grenville on his voyage to America (1585) and, upon returning to England, undertook an elaborate imitation of Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation. On July.
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May 23, 2018 · Cavendish, Thomas (1560–92). An enterprising and accomplished seaman but essentially a pirate, Cavendish helped explore North Carolina in 1585, before becoming the second English sailor to circumnavigate the world in 1586–8 in the ship Desire.
Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation was a voyage of raid and exploration by English navigator and sailor Thomas Cavendish which took place during the Anglo–Spanish War between 21 July 1586 and 9 September 1588.
- 21 July 1586-9 September 1588
- English victory
- Spanish Main, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic
Learn about Thomas Cavendish, the second Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and a participant in the Roanoke Voyages. Find out his role in the Ralph Lane colony, his piracy adventures, and his tragic second voyage.
British navigator and buccaneer who led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1586-1588). A member of Parliament, Cavendish began his maritime career around 1585 when he joined British admiral Sir Richard Grenville (1541?-1591) on a voyage to the colony of Virginia.
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