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Sir Francis Drake - Circumnavigation of the world

Which route did the Golden Hind take across the Indian Ocean to return to England?

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Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering. — Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake, oil on panel, after an engraving attributed to Jodocus Hondius, c. 1583; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

After departing from Java, the Golden Hind crossed the Indian Ocean by setting a course directly for the Cape of Good Hope to return to the Atlantic Ocean.1