Season 3 · Episode 39
03.39 - Francis Drake's Ghost
Oliver Cromwell's Western Design arrives at Hispaniola.
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
April 21, 202538m 40s
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Show Notes
The fleet of the Western Design arrives off the coast of Hispaniola, and Oliver Cromwell's dream of a Protestant colonial empire seems assured. But it doesn't take long for everything to go wrong...
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