It was the first English ship to sail around the world. It was captained by the pirate/privateer Sir Francis Drake who not only raided Spanish ships along the American coasts for the interest of the English crown, but also returned in time to delay the Spanish Armada from attacking England for a year, enough time for the English to prepare itself.
The Uncharted series of video games (a great set of stories in their own right) are focused on a descendant of Sir Drake. Two of the games even suggest that Sir Drake had a role in finding some of the great hidden cities and treasures of history.
In short, the Golden Hind is one of the ships in history that I have been interested in since at least high school. I even wrote a short outline of two young time-travelers who stow away on the ship during its famous voyage around the world. That was even before I read the journal of the Hind's chaplain, Francis Fletcher, for my class on exploration in the Pacific.
So, when I saw a model kit for a miniature version of the Golden Hind while on our vacation, I had to get it. I just got around to putting it together, and I am ridiculously happy about it. It wasn't a massive ship, but it was only the second ship to make it around the Earth, and I have a small version of it that I put together.
The Uncharted series of video games (a great set of stories in their own right) are focused on a descendant of Sir Drake. Two of the games even suggest that Sir Drake had a role in finding some of the great hidden cities and treasures of history.
In short, the Golden Hind is one of the ships in history that I have been interested in since at least high school. I even wrote a short outline of two young time-travelers who stow away on the ship during its famous voyage around the world. That was even before I read the journal of the Hind's chaplain, Francis Fletcher, for my class on exploration in the Pacific.
So, when I saw a model kit for a miniature version of the Golden Hind while on our vacation, I had to get it. I just got around to putting it together, and I am ridiculously happy about it. It wasn't a massive ship, but it was only the second ship to make it around the Earth, and I have a small version of it that I put together.
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