Thomas Cavendish

Thomas-Cavendish

Thomas Cavendish was born on 19th September 1560 in the Trimley Saint Martin, United Kingdom, and he died in May 1592 (aged 32 years) in the Atlantic Ocean, sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. An English navigator and privateer, Thomas was the leader of the third circumnavigation of the world and discovered Port Desire, now in Argentina. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on his return, Thomas tried to take a second American-Pacific expedition but his fleet could not sail through the Strait of Magellan and he died trying to get back to England at the age of 32.

Do you know: Thomas Cavendish inherited a fortune at the age of 12 from his father’s estate.

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