Timewatch · SEASON 15
Drake's Last Voyage
Episode 3 · 1996-01-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
Four hundred years ago today, Sir Francis Drake was buried at sea off the coast of Panama after unsuccessfully trying to recapture past glories. History records that his reputation lay in tatters just eight years after defeating the Spanish Armada. This film retraces his strange final odyssey and finds that, contrary to prevailing belief, it was a shrewdly planned venture thwarted by ill fortune. The truth lies with the Guayou Indians of Colombia, in the letters of the men who sailed with him, and with those who tried to stop him.
50 minutes
Season 15 episodes
1. Karnak - A Hidden History1996-01-14
2. Russia's Secret War1996-01-21
3. Drake's Last Voyage1996-01-28
4. Bad Boys1996-02-04
5. Voices of Victorian London1996-02-11
6. Special: Haig - The Unknown Soldier1996-07-03
7. Hannibal and Desert Storm1996-09-10
8. The History of a Mystery1996-09-17
9. Gold Rush Memories1996-09-24
10. Stalin's Foreign Slaves1996-10-01
11. Baiting the Bear1996-10-08
12. Remember Aberfan1996-10-15
13. Cry Hungary1996-10-22
