With two ships and a crew of 73 men, Drake captured the town. He planned to attack the town of Nombre de Dios, a drop-off point for Spanish ships bringing silver and gold from Peru. That year Drake embarked on his first independent voyage to Panama from Plymouth, England. In 1572, Drake obtained a privateer's commission from Queen Elizabeth I, which was essentially a license to plunder any property belonging to King Philip II of Spain. The incident instilled in Drake a deep hatred of the Spanish crown.
The two escaped on their respective ships while scores of their men were killed. In 1568, Drake and Hawkins became trapped in the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulúa in a face-off with the newly established Spanish viceroy's forces. They then sailed to New Spain to sell their captives to settlers, an action that was against Spanish law. With a small fleet, Drake and his cousin, John Hawkins, sailed to Africa and worked illegally as slave traders. Improved AI, title and nobility system as well as new options (e.g.By the 1560s, Drake was given command of his own ship, the Judith.All new scenarios ("Transylvania", "The Rhineland" and "The Alps") & bigger world maps.New goods, buildings, ambient details and effects.8 completely new professions: mercenary, grave digger, stonemason, juggler, innkeeper, banker, miller and the fruit grower.This is the beginning of the renaissance. Reading and writing is no longer the domain of the nobility and the clergy and the invention of printing information may eventually be spread everywhere. Entire towns purchase their freedom and more privileges from the nobility. Due to trade and commerce an increasing middle class obtains more and more power and wealth. In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility.
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