and took possession of it in the name of Queen Elizabeth. Having
careened his ship, he sailed thence on the 26th of July 1579 for the
Moluccas. On the 4th of November he got sight of those islands, and,
arriving at Ternate, was extremely well received by the sultan. On the
10th of December he made the Celebes, where his ship unfortunately
struck upon a rock, but was taken off without much damage. On the 11th
of March he arrived at Java, whence he intended to have directed his
course to Malacca; but he found himself obliged to alter his purpose,
and to think of returning home. On the 26th of March 1580 he again set
sail; and on the 15th of June he doubled the Cape of Good Hope, having
then on board only fifty-seven men and three casks of water. He passed
the line on the 12th of July, and on the 16th reached the coast of
Guinea, where he watered. On the 11th of September he made the Island of
Terceira, and on the 26th of September(?) he entered the harbour of
Plymouth. This voyage round the world, the first accomplished by an
Englishman, was thus performed in two years and about ten months. The
queen hesitated for some time whether to recognize his achievements or
not, on the ground that such recognition might lead to complications
with Spain, but she finally decided in his favour. Accordingly, soon
after his arrival she paid a visit to Deptford, went on board his ship,
and there, after partaking of a banquet, conferred upon him the honour
of knighthood, at the same time declaring her entire approbation of all
that he had done. She likewise gave directions for the preservation of
his ship, the "Golden Hind," that it might remain a monument of his own
and his country's glory. After the lapse of a century it decayed and had
to be broken up. Of the sound timber a chair was made, which was
presented by Charles II. to the university of Oxford. In 1581 Drake
became mayor of Plymouth; and in 1585 he married a second time, his
first wife having died in 1583. In 1585, hostilities having commenced
with Spain, he again went to sea, sailing with a fleet to the West
Indies, and taking the cities of Santiago (in the Cape Verde Islands),
San Domingo, Cartagena and St Augustine. In 1587 he went to Lisbon with
a fleet of thirty sail; and having received intelligence of a great
fleet being assembled in the bay of Cadiz, and destined to form part of
the Armada, he with great courage entered the port on the 19th of April,
and there burnt upw