Who led the second circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580?

Who led the second circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580?

• A. Humphrey Gilbert
• B. Francis Drake
• C. John Davis
• D. Martin Frobisher

Answer: (B)

Francis Drake is the one who led the second circumnavigation of the globe, from 1577 to 1580. He captained an English voyage funded with private backing and official permission to raid Spanish ships. The expedition sailed from England on the Golden Hind, crossed the Atlantic to the Americas, rounded Cape Horn into the Pacific, crossed the Indian Ocean, and returned around the Cape of Good Hope to England, arriving in 1580. This made Drake the second person to sail around the world, following Magellan. The voyage also boosted England’s maritime power and demonstrated the feasibility of long, global ocean voyages; it combined exploration with privateering against Spanish interests. The other figures listed were involved in earlier or different ventures—colony attempts, Arctic exploration, or other routes—but none led a successful second world circumnavigation.

Francis Drake is the one who led the second circumnavigation of the globe, from 1577 to 1580. He captained an English voyage funded with private backing and official permission to raid Spanish ships. The expedition sailed from England on the Golden Hind, crossed the Atlantic to the Americas, rounded Cape Horn into the Pacific, crossed the Indian Ocean, and returned around the Cape of Good Hope to England, arriving in 1580. This made Drake the second person to sail around the world, following Magellan. The voyage also boosted England’s maritime power and demonstrated the feasibility of long, global ocean voyages; it combined exploration with privateering against Spanish interests. The other figures listed were involved in earlier or different ventures—colony attempts, Arctic exploration, or other routes—but none led a successful second world circumnavigation.