The Golden Hind Author:T.W.E. Roche On December 13, 1577, Frances Drake set sail from Plymouth with a flotilla of five small ships. It was a voyage that was to last nearly three years, ending with the triumphant return of its leader to a knighthooand to immortality as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. It also ensured immortality for his flagship, the most famous ... more »vesselin English history - the Golden Hind. This book is the story of that ship and of the epic voyage it made under Drake's command.« less