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Sir Thomas Cavendish (or Candish) (1560-1592) was an English sea explorer. He was known as "the Navigator" because he led the third expedition to travel around (circumnavigate) the globe. Cavendish was the first who set sail to do this. Magellan and Francis Drake were the first two to circumnavigate the globe, but they did not intend to do so. Cavendish died at sea on his second voyage around the world.


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  • Thomas Cavendish

    An engraving from Holland's Hweerologia. Animum fortuna sequatur is Latin for "Fortune follows the spirited."

  • North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone

    The North Pacific currents and winds used by both the Manila Galleon and Cavendish to get to Guam and the Philippines--the North Pacific Gyre

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