the 16th-century explorer john cabot sailed around the world in a ship called the golden hinde.
which 16th-century explorer sailed around the world in a ship called the golden hinde?
john cabot
she sailed from plymouth on her maiden voyage in late 1974, arriving on 8may 1975 in san francisco, to commemorate sir francis drake's claiming of new albion, believed to be somewhere in california. having completed the filming of the tv series "shogun" the vessel lay moored in taura harbour, yokohama for over six months. starting in late 1979 she was sailed back to england via hong kong, singapore, then across the indian ocean and through the red sea and mediterranean in time to join the celebrations commemorating the 400th anniversary of drake's triumphant return to england. between 1981 and 1984, she was berthed in england and was established as an educational museum, but in 1984–1985 she sailed around the british isles and then crossed the atlantic to the caribbean. in 1986, she passed through the panama canal to sail on to british columbia for the world's fair in vancouver. in 1987, she began a tour of the us pacific coast, visiting ports in the states of washington, oregon, and california. in 1988, she passed back through the panama canal to visit texas. in 1989, she visited ports on the gulf of mexico. in 1990–1991 she entered a series of seaports on the east coast of the us, in 1992 returning home to tour the british isles again.
golden hinde (1973)
a full-size reconstruction of the ship "golden hinde" was built by traditional methods in appledore, devon and launched in 1973. "golden hinde" was the result of three years research and construction. since then, she has travelled more than 140,000 miles (225,000 km). she sailed from plymouth on her maiden voyage in late 1974, arriving on 8 may 1975 in san francisco. in 1979, she sailed to japan to make the miniseries "shogun", after which she returned to the uk having completed a circumnavigation. between 1981 and 1984, she was berthed in england and was established as an educational museum. in 1984–85, she sailed around the british isles and then crossed the atlantic to st thomas in the caribbean. in 1986, she passed through the panama canal to sail on to vancouver, where she was the main attraction in the marine plaza at expo86. in 1987, she began a tour of us coastal cities, spending two years on the pacific coast. in late 1988, she passed back through the panama canal to continue port visits on the gulf and east coasts of the usa. in 1992, she returned home to the uk and spent the next four years visiting ports in europe. since 1996, she has been berthed at st mary overie dock, in bankside, southwark, london, where she is open to the public and hosts a range of educational programmes.
golden hind