The Golden Hinde completed Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580 — the second such voyage in history and the first under a single commander. Elizabeth I knighted Drake aboard the vessel at Deptford in April 1581, a calculated diplomatic provocation that Spain interpreted, not incorrectly, as royal endorsement of privateering against their Pacific trade routes.
Solomon Islands has issued numerous small-denomination silver pieces tied to British naval history, trading on the Crown connection without strong local historical relevance to the subject matter.
The Golden Hinde completed Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580 — the second such voyage in history and the first under a single commander. Elizabeth I knighted Drake aboard the vessel at Deptford in April 1581, a calculated diplomatic provocation that Spain interpreted, not incorrectly, as royal endorsement of privateering against their Pacific trade routes.
Solomon Islands has issued numerous small-denomination silver pieces tied to British naval history, trading on the Crown connection without strong local historical relevance to the subject matter.