Humanity throughout the ages witnessed stories, tales and achievements mostly included in the crucible of myths and reality of ancient people, where the records of human heritage and world literature were covered and documented with various methods of recording such as excavations, inscriptions, symbols on rocks and caves, so that the latter would develop with the progression of human life and scientific renaissance to become books, novels, paintings, captured by cameras of photographers, the easiest and safest methods for the continuity of the information, its clarity, its distance from confusion and interpretation.
Among what settled in the World Heritage blogs, the story of a ship that is not like all ships, an English War Galleon whose name was associated with the victories of the English and their abundant spoils, an attractive shape, an exceptional design that enabled it to withstand a unique experience, culminated in success where this ship was able to roam the world on its voyage, which extended between 1577 and 1580, was led by the sailor, «Francis Drake.»
The «Golden Hind» is a warship that became famous in the middle of the sixteenth century, a ship with a long history that recounts the heroics of its sailors and its experienced captain who is considered the first to complete his voyage around the world, was previously known as the Swan before it changed its name on August 20th in honor of its owner Christopher Hutton 1578 to “The Golden Hind “, thus becoming the main ship in the Francis Drake fleet.
This captain, who was able to seize the Spanish ship «Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion», got all treasures it was carrying, with his name inscribed in the record of the great people of England and the whole world at the time.
Despite the passage of time and the long succession of decades, neither its history nor its effects have disappeared. Four copies of the same design and size were built, with one still moored on the south bank of the Thames in London, the other settled in «Brixham in Devon».
The structure of the latter was chosen to be 30 meters long and six meters wide, weighing 120 tons, equipped with 22 rifles, with which the «Golden Hind» entered history from its wide doors.
With the blessing of Queen «Elizabeth the First» and her support for Captain «Drake» and his fleet, particularly his ship, he tugged the seas with his traveling companions to cross South America through the Strait of Magellan and explore the coast behind him.
Where did the «Golden Hind» set off in December of the year 1577
at the head of a fleet managed by 164 men, to reach the coast of Brazil on 1578 then the coast of Ecuador in 1579, when the Spanish ship «Nostra Senora de la Concepcion» fell into the grasp of Francis Drake and seized more than 360 thousand pesos, Among them were 26 tons of silver, half a ton of gold, porcelain, jewelry, gems and coins, 6.7 tons of cloves in loot that took six consecutive days to transport.
The return of the «Golden Hind” to England was a resounding event. The Drake fleet docked in the port of Plymouth on the eve of September 26, 1580, with 56 of its sailors received and heavily guarded by Queen Elizabeth’s guards who supervised the unloading of the treasure on the beach.
The latter seized more than half of the spoils of the voyage to direct it to pay off the kingdom’s debts in full, then ordered that the Golden Hind be docked at the mouth of the Thames River in Deptford to be the first museum ship to remain witness to what happened until 1650, the date of the beginning of the erosion of the ship’s hull and the decay of a large part of it The title “Golden Hind” was given to Captain Drake by the French ambassador to England, under the personal gaze of Queen Elizabeth I.
The story of the «Golden Hind» did not end there, but was documented in the creation of the TV series Sir Francis Drake in 1963, after a fishing boat was transformed into a replica of the «Golden Hind» at a cost of about 25,000 pounds at the time.
Many copies were subsequently adopted for the purpose of bringing visitors, tourists and preserving the history of this famous historical ship, similar to the version built in 1988 to be placed in the port of Brixham for the same purpose, where it became the destination of a thousand visitors annually.
The «Golden Hind» captures the imaginations of artists
The magic of Golden Hind transcended boundaries across the continents, becoming the inspiration for artists in various fields of creativity. Where the mantra of the «Golden Hind» resided in paintings scenarios, and masterpieces of sculptors who documented the nobility of an achievement that has survived for hundreds of years.
Among these passionate artists, a young creative star shined , who traveled with his imagination in the worlds of art and beauty, who made strides from his childhood to collect the fragments of his talent that grew with him and was consumed by the abundance of his passion for sculpture and art formation. Indicators of a distinguished future, so that the 33 years old will be an incubator for dream and ambition.
Muhammad practiced that passion and offered rituals of loyalty to his talent, where he cut the wood to bring out his perceptions of the miraculous ship, the wood fell as a prey in his fingertips, it has surrendered and turned after a period of time into a masterpiece that enchants the eyes, hearts are plundered as they were bewitched by the golden Hind in its prime.
The «Golden Hind» will sweep the whole world, realistically and virtually, where it settled in museums, storefronts, entrances of major institutions and gatherings , decorated to commemorate the history of Captain Francis Drake’s famous ship.
