| |
| | Thomas Cavendish |
 | | CAVENDISH, Thomas, English navigator, born in 1564; died in 1593. |
 | | Cavendish secured his richest booty in the capture of the Spanish galleon "Santa Anna," of 700 tons, which, together with a valuable cargo, had 122,000 Spanish dollars in its stores. |
 | | He then sailed from California, crossed the Pacific to the Ladrone islands, went through the Indian archipelago and strait of Java, and around the Cape of Good Hope, reaching England on 9 September, 1588, having circumnavigated the globe in a shorter time than any preceding navigator. |
| www.famousamericans.net /thomascavendish (430 words) |
|