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Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake . By: Mark Bauer. Who was Sir Francis Drake?. English Privateer (a captain of a private ship, authorized by a country's government to attack and seize cargo from another country's ships) Navigator Naval Pioneer and Raider Politician and civil engineer

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Sir Francis Drake

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  1. Sir Francis Drake By: Mark Bauer

  2. Who was Sir Francis Drake? • English Privateer (a captain of a private ship, authorized by a country's government to attack and seize cargo from another country's ships) • Navigator • Naval Pioneer and Raider • Politician and civil engineer • Considered to be a pirate

  3. Timeline • (1543) - Sir Francis Drake is born • (1566-67) - Drake sails with Captain Lovell to the Caribbean on a slave trading enterprise • (1567) - Drake sails with John Hawkins to the New World where they are trapped by Spanish fleet that attacks and kills 500 Englishmen. Drake narrowly escapes on the Judith. • (1570-71) - Drake sails to the West Indies • (1572-73) - Drake sails again to the West Indies • (1577-80) - Drake sails around the world in the Golden Hind

  4. Timeline continued • (1579) - Drake discovers the coast of Upper California and names it New Albion. • (1579) - Drake sails across the pacific, sights land in the Philippines • (1581) - Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.  • (1585) - Drake raids and destroys many Spanish settlements in the Caribbean, overcame the Spanish Armada • (1587) -Drake attacks, and destroys, the Spanish Fleet at Cadiz. • (1595) - Drake attacks Spanish settlements in the West Indies • (January 28, 1596)Drake dies of dysentery on the return journey after failing to capture Panama City.

  5. Map of his voyage

  6. Achievements • Capture of the Spanish Silver Train at Nombre de Dios in March 1573, He made off with a fortune in gold. • Knighted by queen Elizabeth • Overcame the Spanish Armada • Circumnavigation of the globe • Discovered the coast of northern California

  7. Why he is remembered • His circumnavigation led to an increased knowledge of the geography of the world • As a navigator his skills put him in the same rank as Columbus. • His claim of California, or Nova Albion, for England led directly to later plans to send people to live in colonies in America.

  8. Bibliography Internet sources • "Francis Drake." Wikipedia. Wikimedia. 2 Nov. 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake>. • “Drake Timeline." Global Gateway. 1 June 2005. Library of Congress. 30 Oct. 2006 <http://international.loc.gov/intldl/drakehtml/rbdktime.html>. • "Sir Francis Drake." Sir Francis Drake History. 30 Oct. 2006 <http://sirfrancisdrakehistory.net/>. Books cited • Coote, Stephen, Drake, Simon & Schuster, 2003 • Hughes-Hallett, Lucy. Heroes: A History of Hero Worship. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 2004.

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