Thomas Cavendish

Sir Thomas Cavendish was an English explorer and privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first to deliberately attempt to emulate Sir Francis Drake, raiding Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and then returning by circumnavigating the globe.

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Who was born first?

• Thomas Cavendish and Thomas Harriot were born the same year
• Thomas Cavendish was born 2 years before Bento de Góis
• Thomas Cavendish was born 2 years after Olivier van Noort
• Thomas Cavendish was born 4 years before William Adams
• Thomas Cavendish was born 4 years before Pedro Páez

Timeline

1. Olivier van Noort1558 – February 22, 1627
2. Thomas Cavendish (this page)September 19, 1560 – May 1592
3. Thomas Harriotcirca 1560 – July 2, 1621
4. Bento de Góis1562 – April 11, 1607
5. Pedro Páezcirca 1564 – May 20, 1622
6. William AdamsSeptember 24, 1564 – May 16, 1620

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