sep 26, 1580 - Second Circumnavigation
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This voyage was led by an English pirate, Francis Drake. He set sail with five small ships, manned by fewer than 200 men, and reached the Brazilian coast in the spring of 1578. In July 1579, he sailed west across the Pacific and past the Philippines. Francis Drake took his ship into Plymouth Harbour in September 1580.
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