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Sir Thomas Cavendish (* 1555 in Trimley St. Martin bei Ipswich, Suffolk, England; † Februar 1592 auf dem Atlantik) war ein englischer Freibeuter und der dritte Weltumsegler. Leben. Cavendish studierte von 1575 bis 1577 kurze Zeit am Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, ohne einen
Sir Thomas Cavendish (1560 – May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and return by circumnavigating the globe.
3. Aug. 2020 · Thomas Cavendish (1560-1592 CE) was an Elizabethan mariner and privateer who famously circumnavigated the globe in 1586-88 CE, only the third voyage to do so and the first to set sail with that specific intention.
- Mark Cartwright
Thomas Cavendish (baptized September 19, 1560, Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk, England—died c. May 1592, in the North Atlantic) was an English navigator and freebooter, leader of the third circumnavigation of the Earth.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation was a voyage of raid and exploration by English navigator and sailor Thomas Cavendish which took place during the Anglo–Spanish War between 21 July 1586 and 9 September 1588.
- 21 July 1586-9 September 1588
- English victory
- Spanish Main, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic
Learn about Thomas Cavendish (1560–1592), who helped explore North Carolina and circumnavigated the world in 1586–8. Find out his achievements, challenges and legacy in The Oxford Companion to British History and The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance.
23. Mai 2018 · Cavendish, Thomas (1560–92). An enterprising and accomplished seaman but essentially a pirate, Cavendish helped explore North Carolina in 1585, before becoming the second English sailor to circumnavigate the world in 1586–8 in the ship Desire.
