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Drake's Drum

Buckland Abbey, Devon

The privateer's drum that is said to beat when England is in danger.

Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world and raided Spanish treasure ships, making him a hero in England and a pirate in Spain. Buckland Abbey was his home.

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When
1500s
Where
50.4800, -4.1300
Group
Pirates

Visiting

National Trust. Drake's Drum is on display.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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