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Golden Hind

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This article is about the British ship, Golden Hinde. For the mythological creature see Golden Hind (mythology).
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Replica of the Golden Hind

The Golden Hind was a ship best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, under Captain Francis Drake. It was originally known as the Pelican and was renamed in mid-voyage 1577 by Drake as he prepared to enter the Straits of Magellan. He rechristened the ship the "Golden Hind" in a politic gesture, to compliment his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial crest was a golden hind. In heraldry a "hind" is a doe.

A modern replica of the same ship is usually berthed at St. Mary Overie Dock, in Bankside, Southwark, London. It was launched in 1973 and has travelled more than 140,000 miles. Like the original, it circumnavigated the world.

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