The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica and is ...
The world's "roughest sea" is home to such huge waves, cruise ships fear to sail through them ... and his flagship Golden Hind in 1578, Drake entered the Pacific Ocean and was blown far south ...
Historian Jerry Brotton explores how Britain's maritime heritage has shaped us, even now the sailing ships have gone. Show more The Mary Rose, The Mayflower, The Cutty Sark, The Golden Hind ...