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In 1587 a squadron of British ships commanded by Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a “legitimate target” as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator.
In 1595 Drake learned that a 2-million-peso gold shipment had just arrived in San Juan aboard a Spanish galleon.
Schroeder ran the program without the help of law students or Drake, which had provided as much as two-thirds of the money in some years.
In 1579 England’s Francis Drake, during the round-the-world trip that earned him his knighthood, took a break from harrying Spanish treasure galleons and stopped for repairs at Point Reyes (Drake’s Bay, just north of San Francisco).
Mueser KT, Drake RE, Noordsy DL.