Oct 25, 2011 · Drake died at sea in 1596 and his body, clad in a full suit of armour and in a lead coffin, is thought to be off the coast of Panama. He was knighted for his successful exploits around the world....

Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being the first English expedition to accomplish this).

Finding the six feet long casket in the open sea at a depth of 125 feet is the biggest achievement, which in itself would make history.

Dec 20, 2017 · It came as the geographical origins of the two human bones discovered in borehole H-8 earlier in the season were revealed following advanced DNA sequencing. Tests also came back on other items...

Nov 2, 2017 · Diego—no surname is known—was an African who fled Spanish enslavement to join the English when Francis Drake and his company attacked the port of Nombre de Dios in Panama in 1572.

Aug 28, 1994 · Drake’s Island, a tiny pinnacle of worn igneous rock tufted with sapodilla bushes and tropical ferns, rises from the sea just to my left while the low-slung mountains of Panama’s northern ...

Nov 7, 2011 · More than four centuries after legendary English adventurer Sir Francis Drake went to his watery grave off Panama's coast, archaeologists believe they have found two of the last ships he...

Mar 4, 2019 · The bones appear to have been digested by crocodiles and were gathered from caves, sinkholes and peat deposits and have been identified as two types of large rodent – named as Capromys pilorides...

Oct 26, 2011 · Pat Croce, a salvager and owner of a pirate museum in America, believes he has discovered two ships belonging to famous sailor and adventurer Sir Francis Drake. A team of divers discovered the remains of two 16th century ships which had lain undiscovered for 400 years in Portobelo Bay.

Feb 5, 2013 · Drake was the second captain to circumnavigate or sail around the world. He was the second-in-command of the English fleet, which sailed against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He was a great enemy of the Spanish who considered him a pirate.