English sailor who raided spanish ships to steal silver and gold for the queen

James Cook

Explanation:

James Cook, more commonly referred to as Captain Cook, was an English sailor and pirate who was stealing gold and silver from the Spanish ships, and was delivering it to the queen. Captain Cook is one of the most famous English sailors, and he became legendary because of his actions. While his achievements in the sailing have largely remained behind the curtains because of his piracy, they were many. His piracy was what made him famous though, causing enormous damage to the Spanish, stealing enormous amounts of wealth from them, sinking their ships, and strengthening the English crown in meantime.

Ife (aka Ile-Ife) was an ancient African city which flourished between the 11th and 15th century CE in what is today Nigeria in West Africa. Ife was the capital and principal religious centre of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife, which prospered thanks to trade connections with other West African kingdoms. Ife is particularly famous today for the magnificent metal sculptures its artists produced which include serene-looking human heads so masterfully crafted that Europeans once wrongly considered them the work of another civilization.

Located in today’s Nigeria along the Guinea coast of southern West Africa, Ife controlled the rainforest to the west of the River Niger delta. Ife was founded c. 500 CE by the Yoruba people - a Kwa-speaking people of southwest Nigeria and Benin - but did not flourish until the early part of the 2nd millennium CE. Ife culture may have been influenced or somehow connected to the kingdom of Igbo-Ukwu, which peaked in the 9th century CE on the other side of the River Niger, but details of this period of history in southern West Africa are lacking. The kingdom of Ife had disappeared by the 16th century CE for reasons which are unknown.