In this episode, we discuss the backdrop of Drake's curcumnavigation of 1577-1580. In short, we cover two distinct developments: John Oxenham's failed attempt to break in (or more accurately, break out of) the Spanish Pacific, and Sir Richard Grenville's plan to colonize and explore the South Pacific. But then Drake came along and stole Grenville's proposal for himself, so yeah. Richard Grenville was not amused.