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Thomas Cavendish

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Thomas Cavendish

English explorer and privateer (1560-1592)

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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. Magellan's, Loaisa's, Drake's, and Loyola's expeditions had preceded Cavendish in circumnavigating the globe. His first trip and successful circumnavigation made him rich from captured Spanish gold, silk and treasure from the Pacific and the Philippines. His richest prize was the captured 600-ton sailing ship the Manila Galleon Santa Ana (also called Santa Anna). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England after his return. He later set out for a second raiding and circumnavigation trip but was not as fortunate and died at sea at the age of 31.

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Occupation: explorer, politician
Position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1584-85 Parliament, Member of the 1589 Parliament
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: September 19, 1560
Died: May 1592

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