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==Second voyage and death== Cavendish sailed on a second expedition in August 1591, accompanied by the navigator [[John Davis (explorer)|John Davis]]. They went further south to the Strait of Magellan and then returned to [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], where they hid and reprovisioned in [[Ilhabela]] and looted [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]] and [[São Vicente, São Paulo|São Vicente]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dória|first1=Palmério|title=O Príncipe da Privataria|date=2013|publisher=Geração Editorial|location=São Paulo|isbn=978-85-8130-201-0|page=274|edition=1|language=Portuguese|chapter="Só um bobo dá a telefonia para estrangeiros"}}</ref> Going further north, they lost most of the crew in a battle against the Portuguese at the village of [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]], today the capital of the State of Espirito Santo. One abandoned sailor, [[Anthony Knivet]], later wrote about his adventures in Brazil. Cavendish set off across the Atlantic towards [[Saint Helena]] with the remainder of the crew, but died of unknown causes at age 31, possibly off [[Ascension Island]] in the South Atlantic in 1592. The last letter of Cavendish, written to his executor a few days before his death, accuses John Davis of being a "villain" who caused the "decay of the whole action".<ref>Geoffrey Treasure, Ian Dawson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Czq-f-9cLSsC&dq=cavendish+last+letter&pg=PA224 Who's who in British history: beginnings to 1901. A–H, Volume 1], Thomas Cavendish</ref> John Davis continued on with Cavendish's crew and ships and discovered the [[Falkland Islands]] before returning to England with most of his crew lost to starvation and illness.
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