Talk:Thomas Doughty (explorer)
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[edit] Santa Maria
The vessel 'Santa Maria' mentioned in the article was a Portugese ship (not Spanish); Drake had captured a Spanish vessel of roughly the same size on a previous occasion, and had given the 15-ton Pinnace 'Benedict' to the crew of that ship. On capturing the 'Santa Maria', Drake gave that Spanish vessel to the Portugese crew, retaining her Pilot- Nuno da Silva. The latter was only released in Guatulco/Mexico, and was promptly arrested and questioned by the authorities, who had been informed by some of the Spaniards who had been held captive by Drake that they had seen Da Silva wearing English dress, appearing to be a member of Drake's crew.213.94.144.183 (talk) 00:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Doughty aboard of the 'Swan'
Doughty had initially been given command of the 'Santa Maria', but had accused Drake's brother Thomas of theft. Doughty was subsequently found to be in possession of a ring, a pair of gloves and some coins himself. Strangely, Drake- who at first appeared furious at Doughty's accusation against his brother- allowed himself to be appeased despised this turnaround in fortunes, and gave Doughty the command of his flagship. Shortly afterwards, he send his trumpeter John Brewer on board of the 'Pelican'; after a furious argument between Brewer and Doughty, the latter was transferred to the 'Swan'. Doughty apparently tried to draw the 'Gentlemen' on board of the 'Swan' to his side; the result was that the ship's sailing-master, Gregory, refused to eat with the 'Gentlemen' and moved in with the sailors instead. He then used his position as sailing-master to have the officer's food diverted to the sailor's quarters. After complaining to the ship's commander, Winter, Doughty got involved in another furious argument, this time with Gregory- who told him that if he had any say about the matter, Doughty and his friends would be "...eating the tholes of the boat". His argument with Drake was the third one he got into; on each occasion it came to blows. (Source for both this and the previous comment: John Sugden, "Sir Francis Drake" Simon Schuster New York, ISBN 0671758632 )213.94.144.183 (talk) 00:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
