Treasure hunters on 瀬戸際 of finding Sir Francis Drake's watery 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な after 位置を示すing two ships off パナマ coast

  • International team finds ships Elizabeth and Delight off the パナマ coast
  • They believe 海軍の hero's lead-lined 棺 could be nearby

By PAUL THOMPSON FOR MAILONLINE
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A team of international treasure hunters is の近くに to finding the final 残り／休憩（する）ing place of British 海軍の hero Sir Francis Drake.

They have 設立する two of his ships which were scuttled off the coast of パナマ over 400 years ago に引き続いて the adventurer's death.

The team believes Drake's lead-lined 棺 could be 近づく to the 場所 of the two ships 'Elizabeth' and Delight' and have begun a search for the historical artefact.

An international team of treasure hunters has found two of Sir Francis Drake's ships which were scuttled off the coast of Panama over 400 years ago. It is now believed they are close to finding the final resting place of the British naval hero

Major 打開: The treasure-追跡（する）ing team led by American explorer Pat Croce, pictured in 活動／戦闘, believe they have 設立する two of Sir Francis Drake's ships which were scuttled off the coast of パナマ over 400 years ago - taking them closer to the 場所／位置 of the British 海軍の hero's final 残り／休憩（する）ing place

The ships were scuttled by Drake's 乗組員s in 1596 after the English captain was buried at sea に引き続いて his death at the age of 55 from dysentery.

Drake is considered one of Britain's greatest 海軍の heroes having led the English (n)艦隊／(a)素早い in victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 as they 用意が出来ている for an 侵略 of Britain.

He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and the 天罰（を下す） of the Spanish in their ambitions to 征服する／打ち勝つ the world.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

1540 - Born in Tavistock, Devon, as one of 12 children

1563 - Sails for the first time to the New World (the Americas) with second cousin Sir John Hawkins

1568 - Again sailing with Hawkins, Drake becomes 罠にかける by Spaniards in the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulua. Both escape but Drake 公約するs 復讐

1572 - Drake leads a (n)艦隊／(a)素早い who 逮捕（する） 抱擁する 量s of Spanish silver off the coast of パナマ.

1579/80 - Drake, sailing in the Golden Hind, becomes the first Englishman to sail around the world

1581 - Queen Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake, and he also becomes 市長 of Plymouth

1587 - On the orders of Queen Elizabeth, Drake attacks and destroys the Spanish (n)艦隊／(a)素早い at Cadiz

1588 - As 副／悪徳行為 海軍大将 of an English (n)艦隊／(a)素早い と一緒に Sir John Hawkins and Lord Howard of Effingham, Drake helps destroy the Spanish Armada

1595 - Drak e is sent to 逮捕（する） treasure from a 難破させるd Spanish (n)艦隊／(a)素早い at La Forteleza, 近づく San Juan, Puerto Rico. Drake fails and returns to パナマ

1596 - While 錨，総合司会者d off Portobelo, パナマ, Drake develops dysentery and dies 老年の 55. He is buried at sea 近づく Portobelo, though divers have never 設立する the exact 場所

The 難破させるs of the ships were 設立する in an underwater 探検隊／遠征隊 led by Pat Croce, a self-自白するd 著作権侵害者 熱中している人 and former 大統領，／社長 of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.

The 56-year-old 財政／金融d the 探検隊／遠征隊 to the coast off パナマ to try and 位置を示す Drake's last known 残り／休憩（する）ing place.

His 12-strong 乗組員 含むd explorers from Britain, フラン, Scotland, Australia, パナマ and Colombia.

They were 武装した with the most sophisticated 器具／備品 in the world, 含むing a magnetometer, GeoSwath and sub-底（に届く） profiler that can ざっと目を通す the ocean 床に打ち倒す.

Mr Croce said: 'Explorers have been trying to do this stuff forever, and here I am, a homeboy from Philadelphia in the Caribbean and we 得点する／非難する／２０! It's pretty wild.'

Mr Croce, who runs a 著作権侵害者 museum in St Augustine, Florida, said the ships would remain in the water as they are the 所有物／資産／財産 of パナマ.

He said there was no treasure on board as the ships had been stripped before 存在 scuttled.

But he 追加するd that his team would now 焦点（を合わせる） their 成果／努力s on trying to find Drake's 棺.

He said: 'It's truly a needle in a haystack, but so were the ships. We 設立する them within a week. We just 港／避難所't 設立する him - yet.'

Drake was buried in 十分な armour and in a lead lined 棺 by his 乗組員 に引き続いて his death.

Other 海洋 専門家s spoke of the importance of the undersea find.

'We've really, I feel, 攻撃する，衝突する a ホームラン here with what we 設立する with Pat,' said 海洋 archaeologist James Sinclair.

The Golden Hind, a replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship
Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (権利) died of dysentery in January 1596 and was buried at sea. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, which he did in his ship the Golden Hind, a replica of which can be seen on the left

Final resting place: Drake died near Portobelo, Panama, but after being buried at sea the exact location of his remains are unknown

Final 残り／休憩（する）ing place: Drake died 近づく Portobelo, パナマ, but after 存在 buried at sea the exact 場所 of his remains are unknown

'Finding the Elizabeth and Delight 近づく where Sir Francis Drake is buried is as exciting to me as helping discover the At ocha and 飛び込み 負かす／撃墜する to the RMS Titanic.

'Finding ship structures from that time period in this 気温 water with the type of organisms that 存在する is a treasure in itself.

'We have an area that 未来 students of underwater archaeology will be able to use for years to come.'


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