The famous saying about failure is one that I connect with Sir Drake, if you don't succeed at first, try again. This man had failed multiple times before he succeeded in capturing treasure.
The first attempt was on the King's treasure house. Drake disguised himself as a Spanish worker to spy on where the treasure was located. Returning with 73 men and two boats, Drake was ready to attack the Spanish village. When arriving, the men split into two groups. One group played trumpets and drums while the other group went into the village to raid the house. Drake, leading the second group, was injured after the Spanish men opened fire. Drake determinedly decided to continue on the mission as well as harassed his crew to stay with him. Once in the house, the crew was dismayed that the treasure was no longer in the house.
Another failed attempt that followed was an ambushing carts on the way to Panama City. The crew was waiting for the perfect timing to surprise attack some carts caring treasure. However, one of the men was intoxicated and prematurely attacked. This caused the rest of the men transporting to have time and escaped. The few carts that were captured had little to no value on them.
When another crew ship offered Sir Drake to join the attack a movement of silver. This was a success that caused Sir Drake to be more confident and daring than before. On the way to England, there were several attacks on Spanish ships. A famous capture was the Cacafuego, where Sir Drake released the crew unarmed with presents.
Once arriving home, Drake had the Queen Elizabeth on board for six hour. She then gave Drake 10,000 for himself and 8,000 for the crew.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Clever Morgan!
After the famous Portobello operations led by Sir Henry
Morgan, the caption and crew returned. Often the problem with seamen, the crew
was known to be friendlier with the alcohol, addicted to gambling and rather
crass with the women. This led to all of the earning being spent, leaving the
men broke and in need of another raid.


Once the crew landed in Maracaibo, there was nothing to be treasure. The men spent a week searching at a easy pace. Until rumors reached Morgan that Armada de Barlovento was waiting
for the ships to pass through a narrow passage near San Carlos. With this
information, Sir Morgan came up with a plan to deceive that allowed Morgan to
fight without losing any men. A ship that was captured was disgusted as a
powerful ship, with logs dressed in clothes and loaded with gunpowder. He sent
the ship in with only twelve buccaneers, who would board escape boats shortly
before the ship was set to explode.
Still trapped, Sir Morgan tried to negotiate with Don Alzo to be able to pass through the passage without any harm done to them. After threats of burning down towns fell on deaf ears, Sir Morgan had to think of a clever way out. As the crew of Sir Morgan were seen loading guns onto the land, it was assumed that Sir Morgan was planning an attack by land. When the ships floated by Don Alzo, they thought nothing of it as they saw no people. Once pass the passage, Sir Morgan's crew came out of underneath and returned home safely.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Fact Checking BP Chapter One


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