When we think of Elizabethan adventurers, names like Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh usually come to mind. But on 29th August 1583, another Tudor mariner met a tragic fate.
His name was Maurice Browne and he went down with his ship, the Delight.
Browne wasn't just an adventurer, he was a well-connected courtier who worked for Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's famous spymaster. But his ambition and spirit of exploration led him to join Sir Humphrey Gilbert's doomed voyage to North America...
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