So it was in 1577 that a handful of the most powerful people in England sent Francis Drake out in the Golden Hind and four other ships to sail around South America into the Pacific Ocean.

The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica and is known as the "roughest sea in the world" ...

Golden Hinde Experience the life of a 16th century explorer abroad the Golden Hinde II, a full-sized reconstruction of the ship Sir Francis Drake used to circumnavigate the globe between 1577-80.

CORRESPONDENT: I'm sure. And tell us what it's like on your grand ship. FRANCIS DRAKE: Well, life on board The Golden Hind, that's my ship by the way, is terrific. It's like a home away from home ...

The passage is named after the 16th-century English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake during ... and his flagship Golden Hind in 1578, Drake entered the Pacific Ocean and was blown far ...