Sir Francis Drake

After Christopher Colombus found the new world (the america's,) the Spanish wanted to go get the gold there. They got a lot of gold there and they became rich. The English also wanted gold so they went out to intercept the Spanish ships and get gold. They started intercepting them and the Spanish got mad.

Later though there was a man called Francis Drake.

He went with five ships to intercept the Spanish and he with his ship The Golden hind.

No English ship had been on the pacific ocean so when the Spanish ships saw it the welcomed them but Francis Drake fired and took the gold.

He took so much it was 20 tons of gold, silver, and gems.

Then when he got back Queen Elizabeth knighted him and he was called Sir Francis Drake.