Which English navigator, who dies in 1596, was buried at sea in a lead coffin off the coast of Panama?
John Marchant (seaman) Panama Canal, hoping to intercept the Spanish bringing gold from Peru over the isthmus. On 2 January 1595/96, Drake's forces marched up a hill only to discover at the last minute that the Spanish had hidden a fort on top of it. Twenty-some Englishmen were killed, including “Quarter-master Generall” Marchant. Three weeks later, Sir Francis Drake himself succumbed to dysentery, and was buried at sea, in a lead coffin. Capt. Marchant was likely buried at the site of his death, in Panama. John Marchant (seaman) Captain John Marchant served under Sir Francis Drake from 1585 to 1595, thus participating in
Storm Off a Sea Coast Storm Off a Sea Coast Storm Off a Sea Coast, also known as The Breakwater, is a 1670 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris. The painting is called "A Storm at Sea Off the Dykes of Holland" in the 1911 catalogue raisonné by Hofstede de Groot; it is catalogue number 961. He wrote "On the right is a dyke lined with piles, beyond which is a fisherman's cottage with a few trees. On the left corner of the dyke, great waves are breaking.