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  1. 1555-1592. English navigator, and commander
  2. of the third circumnavigation of the world.
  3. He sailed in July 1586, touched Brazil,
  4. sailed down the coast to Patagonia, passed
  5. through the Straits of Magellan, and returned
  6. to Britain via the Philippines, the Cape of
  7. Good Hope, and St Helena, reaching Plymouth
  8. after two years and 50 days.
  9.