The Golden Hinde

The ship you see before you is a full-scale reconstruction of the Golden Hinde, the galleon that carried Sir Francis Drake around the world between fifteen seventy-seven and fifteen eighty. Drake originally named his flagship the Pelican, but he renamed it mid-voyage to honor his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose family crest featured a golden hind, which is a female red deer. This reconstruction is not a static prop, as it has logged over one hundred thousand miles on its own modern voyages, including a full circumnavigation of the globe before finding its permanent home here in London.