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Drake. By Caitlin and Melvin. Early Life of Drake. Drake the English explorer was born in 1541 in a small house in England. His home was in Tavistock, 20 miles from seaport Plymouth. Early Life of Drake. Drake was one of twelve brothers and he was oldest.
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Drake By Caitlin and Melvin
Early Life of Drake • Drake the English explorer was born in 1541 in a small house in England. • His home was in Tavistock, 20 miles from seaport Plymouth.
Early Life of Drake • Drake was one of twelve brothers and he was oldest. • Edmound his father was a protestant famer and a sailorbefore his sons were borne.
Drake’s adventures • When he was 18,he started serving on a ship that went to Biscay Bay and traded. • When he was twenty three, he went on slaving trips to West-Africa. • When he was 24, his crew on the ship made him captain of the Judith.
Drake’s adventures • On the Judith they all went to war. • He came back to England in 1580 with loads of treasure. • Queen Elizabeth the 1st rewarded him by making him a kight.
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