Francis Drake’s Voyage About The World. 1. A False Start and an African Island

Listen to Francis Drake's famous voyage about the world, in which he tries to find a northern passage around the Americas, leading to some of the earliest descriptions of the people in the place that would eventually be known as California.

The voyage began on November 15, 1577 and ended almost three later on the 26 September 1580.

(1 of 20) Why did Drake’s fleet have a false start?