CAVENDISH, Thomas, of Suffolk, the second Englishman who sailed round the globe, was descended from a noble family in Devonshire. Having dissipated his fortune, he resolved to repair it at the expense of the Spaniards. He sailed from Plymouth with three small ships in 1586, passed through the Straits of Magelhaens, took many rich prizes along the coasts of Chili and Peru, and near California possessed himself of the St Anna, an Acapulco ship with a cargo of immense value. Having completed the circumnavigation of the globe, he returned home round the Cape of Good Hope, and reached Plymouth again in September 1588. Besides the wealth which he had obtained, he had the honour of contributing not a little to the progress of geographical discovery. But his hastily acquired riches did not last long; for in 1591 he had reduced himself to the necessity of undertaking another voyage, which was far from being so successful as the former. He proceeded no farther than the Straits of Magelhaens, where the weather obliged him to return. At this he became dispirited, and died of grief in the homeward voyage.