Drake was
one of the greatest English seamen in the times of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603).
At first he was a pirate, but, as he had rendered many services to the English
Navy in the war against Spain, Queen Elizabeth appointed him admiral.
Here is one
of his adventures.
He had been
informed that the Spaniards were going to carry a great quantity of gold and
silver from Panama to Nombre de Dios. He landed with twenty of his sailors not
far from Nombre de Dios and hid in the forest along the path where the Spanish
soldiers carrying the treasure were to pass.
They waited
all night and when at dawn the Spaniards arrived, A there was a short but
fierce sc struggle. The Spanish soldiers were overcome and ran away abandoning the
treasure.
The English
sailors took all the gold and hurried to the beach. Unfortunately their ship
was not there waiting for them, and what’s more, hundreds of Spaniards were
chasing them.
Drake
didn’t lose heart. He quickly built a raft with logs and started looking for
his ship. He struggled for many hours against the waves, but, at last, he succeeded
in reaching his ship, and so he was able to sail back home with all his sailors
and treasure.
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