what country did francis drake explored for?
Kingdom of England
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 The next recorded navigation of the Drake Passage was achieved in February 1619 , by the brothers Bartolome and Gonzalo Garcia de Nodal . The Garcia de Nodal expedition discovered a small group of islands about 60 nautical miles ( 100 km ; 70 mi ) south @-@ west of Cape Horn , at latitude 56 ° 30'S . They named these the Diego Ramirez Islands after the expedition 's pilot . The islands remained the most southerly known land on earth until Captain James Cook 's discovery of the South Sandwich Islands in 1775 . 

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 From 1499 to 1508 a number of other expeditions were launched from Bristol to the ' New found land ' , the earliest being undertaken by William Weston . One of these , led by John Cabot 's son , Sebastian Cabot , explored down the coast of North America until he was ‘ almost in the latitude of Gibraltar ’ and ‘ almost the longitude of Cuba ’ . This would suggest that he reached as far as the Chesapeake , close to what is now Washington D.C. 

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 Sir Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on 15 November 1577 , in command of a fleet of five ships under his flagship Pelican , later renamed the Golden Hinde . His principal objective was plunder , not exploration ; his initial targets were the unfortified Spanish towns on the Pacific coasts of Chile and Peru . Following Magellan 's route , Drake reached Puerto San Julian on 20 June . After nearly two months in harbour , Drake left the port with a reduced fleet of three ships and a small pinnace . His ships entered the Magellan Strait on 23 August and emerged in the Pacific Ocean on 6 September . 

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 = = = A journey to South America and Europe = = = 

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 In the summer of 1852 , freed from his naval obligations , Markham made plans for an extended visit to Peru . Supported by a gift from his father of £ 500 ( more than £ 40 @,@ 000 at 2008 values ) to cover expenses , Markham sailed from Liverpool on 20 August . 
