Drake’s Circumnavigation of the Globe Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Explore the journey of Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe (1577-1580) through this exciting timeline game!
- Join Sir Francis Drake as he sets sail from England
- Encounter challenges and triumphs as you navigate the seas
- Reach the Pacific Ocean and complete the first English circumnavigation of the globe
Game Details: a timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order
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- December 13, 1577: Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England
- April 5, 1578: Drake's fleet reaches the coast of Brazil
- April 15, 1578: Drake captures a Spanish ship, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
- April 15, 1578: Drake renames Nuestra Señora de la Concepción to Cacafuego
- June 1578: Drake captures Spanish ships off the coast of Ecuador
- June-July 1578: Drake and his fleet raid Spanish settlements in Peru
- July 1578: Drake captures Spanish ships near Panama
- August 20, 1578: Drake reaches the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan
- September 1578: Drake's fleet suffers heavy damage in a storm off the coast of Chile
- November 1578: Drake's fleet reaches the Moluccas (Spice Islands)
- February 1579: Drake captures Spanish treasure ships near the Philippines
- April-July 1579: Drake explores the Pacific coast of North America
- June 17, 1579: Drake claims California for England and names it New Albion
- July-September 1579: Drake's fleet crosses the Pacific Ocean
- November 1579: Drake's fleet arrives in the Moluccas again
- May-June 1580: Drake's fleet navigates around the Cape of Good Hope
- July 22, 1580: Drake's fleet arrives in Sierra Leone
- September 26, 1580: Drake's fleet returns to Plymouth, England
- April 4, 1581: Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I