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Francis Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Mary Mylwaye and her husband Edmund Drake (1518–1585), a Protestant farmer who later became a preacher, grandson of John Drake and Margret Cole. Drake was vice admiral in command of the English fleet (under Lord Howard of Effingham) when it overcame the Spanish Armada that was attempting to invade England in 1588. Drake crossed from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Magellan Strait, after which a storm blew his ship so far south that he realized that Tierra del Fuego was not part of a southern continent, as was believed at that time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Drake   (2846 words)

Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake achieved lasting fame as a result of his association with the victory against the Spanish Armada. Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, on the outskirts of Dartmoor. Drake is most associated with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. www.historylearningsite.co.uk /sir_francis_drake.htm   (760 words)

Sir Francis Drake - MSN Encarta In 1587 war with Spain was recognized as imminent, and Drake was dispatched by the queen to destroy the fleet being assembled by the Spanish in the harbor of Cádiz. In 1577 Drake was secretly commissioned by Elizabeth I, queen of England, to undertake an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast of the New World. During this voyage, Drake first saw the Pacific Ocean; he captured the port of Nombre de Dios on the Isthmus of Panama and destroyed the nearby town of Portobelo. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571859/Sir_Francis_Drake.html   (718 words)

Drake, Francis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Drake, Francis Drake was born in Devon and apprenticed to the master of a coasting vessel, who left him the ship at his death. Drake sailed on his last expedition to the West Indies with Hawkins in 1595, capturing Nombre de Dios on the north coast of Panama but failing to seize Panamá. In 1581 Drake was made mayor of Plymouth, in which capacity he brought fresh water into the city by constructing leats from Dartmoor. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Drake,+Francis   (565 words)

Sir Francis Drake Drake, however, was known as a humane privateer and did not subject the populace to the vast scale of murder, rape, and torture that was to become the calling card of future buccaneers. Drake and his men moved forward to loot the mules, staggered by the amount of wealth before them, and drunk on the glory of their exploit. Drake knew that there would be no treasure on a muletrain coming out of Nombre de Dios so he passed word for the men to lie still and let the Spaniards passed unscathed. www.global-travel.co.uk /drake.htm   (2685 words)

Sir Francis Drake Collection: Timeline Drake presents Queen Elizabeth with manuscript with text the basis of which was later published as "Sir Francis Drake Revived." 1592/93. Drake stops in what is now the vicinity of the San Francisco Bay to overhaul his ship and makes friendly contract with the Indians of the area. Drake sails with John Hawkins to New World where they are trapped by Spanish fleet that attacks and kills 500 Englishmen. international.loc.gov /intldl/drakehtml/rbdktime.html   (679 words)

Professor Frank D. Drake Frank Drake's principal research activities are directed toward the detection of planetary systems and life, particularly intelligent life in the universe. Drake works on the design of large radio telescopes for use in radio astronomy and in the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. It is being used to search for intelligent signals from some 1,000 of the nearest solar-type stars and from star-rich regions of the Milky Way. www.ucolick.org /~board/faculty/drake.html   (271 words)

BBC - History - Sir Francis Drake (c.1540 - 1596) Drake was born in Devon and went off to sea at an early age, travelling to Guinea and the West Indies. Elizabeth was reluctant to acknowledge Drake's achievements, for fear of further alienating the Spanish, but realising that they would never be placated, she visited him aboard the Golden Hind and knighted him. In 1587, Drake entered the port of Cadiz and destroyed 30 of the ships the Spanish were assembling against the British. www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml   (407 words)

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Frances Drake was born in Devon, England, the son of a puritan farmer and preacher. Drake left his brother in charge of Port Plenty, as he continued to sail the coast of Darien, capturing Spanish vessels has he went, and all the while, making plans for his overland capture of the Gold Train, as it crossed the Isthmus. Drake then headed to Porto Bello, and was stricken by a tropical disease, "the bloody flux" From Porto Bello, they headed to San Juan de Nicaragua, but were encountered a storm and had to return to Porto Bello. www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/francis_drake.htm   (2067 words)

Pirates and Privateers - Sir Francis Drake Francis Drake at the The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia, includes a map of Drake's voyages. Drake and his crew are remembered as the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the globe, claiming a portion of California for Elizabeth along the way. Drake's exploits are the distant inspiration for the adventures of Captain Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) in Michael Curtiz's film The Sea-Hawk, which has nothing but the title in common with the Rafael Sabatini novel of the same name. www.legends.dm.net /pirates/drake.html   (724 words)

Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was a soldier and an explorer from England who played a role in the history of Florida. Drake was sent from England in 1585 to attack Spanish settlements. After Drake and his crew sailed away, the people of St. Augustine returned to the ruins and immediately began to rebuild the damaged parts of the fort. fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/drake/drake1.htm   (389 words)

USNews.com: Francis Drake: The other story Francis Drake had plenty to crow about as he as sailed into England's Plymouth Harbor in the fall of 1580. In the recent book The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, Samuel Bawlf argues that Drake also explored the Alaskan coast, finding an inlet that he believed was the entrance to the Northwest Passage, a fabled trade route that would have opened up the Orient's riches to British ships. It is no secret that upon Drake's return Queen Elizabeth ordered him and his men not to reveal the particulars of their voyage. www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/040223/23drake.htm   (363 words)

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Man who helped unlock DNA dies "Francis Crick will be remembered as one of the most brilliant and influential scientists of all time," said Richard Murphy, the Salk Institute's president and chief executive officer. Francis Crick, who helped discover the double helix shape of DNA along with James Watson, has died aged 88. Lord May continued: "Francis Crick made an enormous contribution to science and his discoveries helped to usher in a golden age of molecular biology. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3937475.stm   (1280 words)

Sir Francis Drake - Heritage Education Program - National Park Service - Cape Hatteras Group Drake was accused of attempting to obtain personal gain to the detriment of the English efforts when, at night in the lead ship Revenge, he suddenly extinguished his lights, causing confusion in the English fleet. Drake returned to the Caribbean in 1569, 1571, and 1572, and attacked Panama in the latter two voyages. Drake offered Lane a larger ship, the 170 tun Bark Bonner but it was too large to pass through the inlets. www.nps.gov /fora/drake.htm   (989 words)

Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake: Early Career - Early Career He was born in Devonshire, the son of a yeoman, and was at an early age apprenticed to... Sir Francis Drake: Hostilities with Spain - Hostilities with Spain In 1585, Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and burned... Sir Francis Drake: Circumnavigation of the World - Circumnavigation of the World In Dec., 1577, he set out with five ships to raid Spanish holdings on... www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0816063.html   (146 words)

Drake Latitudes on the Coast of California in 1579 Drake landed at his port of Nova Albion seven days after the solstice on June 17 when the solar declination (amount of drift from the equator), by Bourne's tables, was 23° 24' at noon in London, and departed on July 23 when the solar declination was 18° 00'. Thus, assuming Drake was using Bourne's value of 3° 30', his Pole-Star readings, depending on the time of day of the observation and the relative positions of the stars, were subject to an error from this source alone that ranged from zero to plus or minus just over a half degree. Drake would subtract the 22° 24' declination of the sun from his observed altitude of 73° 56'; the result, 51° 32'. www.longcamp.com /nav.html   (4856 words)

Introductory Note. Sir Francis Drake. 1909-14. Voyages and Travels: Ancient and Modern. The Harvard Classics Drake’s further adventures were of almost equal interest. Returning from a raid on the Spaniards in 1586, he brought home the despairing Virginian colony, and is said at the same time to have introduced from America tobacco and potatoes. The Queen visited the ship, “The Golden Hind,&; as she lay at Deptford and knighted the commander on board. www.bartleby.com /33/1003.html   (266 words)

Britannia Biographies: Sir Francis Drake Francis Drake was probably born in Devon around 1540 and, though they denied it, was almost certainly distant kin to the gentle family of Drakes of that county. Drake was, essentially, the greatest of all the Elizabethan sailors: a man ready for any adventure, beloved and followed by his men, yet absolute master on his own deck. In the defeat of that fleet, when it came at last, Drake's share was the primary one and he was constantly urging the government to greater and greater exertions by sea. www.britannia.com /bios/gents/fdrake.html   (772 words)

Report on " Francis Drake's Brass Plate: Exhibits: Institute Archives & Special Collections: MIT While in the harbor Drake received throngs of Native Americans, claimed California on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I, and caused a brass plaque to be made and erected on a wooden post as a token of his discovery and conquest. According to a journal kept by the ship's chaplain, Francis Fletcher, the company "fell with a conuenient and fit harborough" (put into a convenient and suitable harbor) for refitting in June 1579, a task requiring about one month. Others were skeptical, but a metallurgical analysis performed by C. Fink and E. Poluskin (published by the California Historical Society in 1938) supported claims of authenticity and "Drake's Brass Plate" became a prominent exhibit at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. libraries.mit.edu /archives/exhibits/drake   (510 words)

Sir Francis Drake - In Drake's Wake Drake knew, that if it were not for the Blacks, he would never have robbed the mule trains, nor have seen the two oceans from the tree top, which inspired him to sail around the world. Drake anchored somewhere on the island’s east shore en-route to the West Indies. Drake captured this city and accommodated himself in the house of the city’s highest ranking soldier. www.chantec.co.uk /in-drakes-wake   (3934 words)

Sir Francis Drake: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com Drake and John Hawkins were on a slave-trading trip to the West Indies (backed by Queen Elizabeth) that ended with an attack by the Spanish fleet at San Juan de Ulua, near Veracruz, Mexico. Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world in a voyage lasting from 1577 to 1580 (Magellan led the first voyage around the world). Drake died of fever at sea near Panama; he was on a voyage intending to attack Spanish colonies in the West Indies. www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/d/drake.shtml   (467 words)

Sir Francis Drake History on the Internet RS Frey of the USA, became interested the story of Sir Francis Drake as a young schoolboy after writing a History Lesson about this legendary English figure and many years later developed this webpage for current students around the World to find more information. Drake met with Queen Elizabeth for up to 6 hours detailing his adventures and presenting her with his diary of the voyage as well as a map of the world. Drake reportedly left an inscribed plaque (with a hole in the lower right corner that holds an English sixpence) announcing the English arrival and claim of California before he sailed across the Pacific Ocean and back to England. sirfrancisdrakehistory.net   (687 words)

Francis Drake The Voyage Drake's crew in the Pacific was of unknown number, with estimates ranging from around sixty to one hundred men. Before leaving the Atlantic, Drake lightened the expedition by disposing of two unfit ships and one English gentleman, who was tried and executed for mutiny. As she left the sight of all Spanish observers, and of the captured Portuguese pilot who had been set ashore, she was accompanied by a small captured ship, crewed by Drake's men, which was kept for an unknown time. www.mcn.org /2/oseeler/voy.htm   (904 words)

Sir Francis Drake These pages are focused on Sir Francis Drake, and in particular on his "Famous Voyage" - the circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Famous Voyage was a mystery before it began; only a handful of the men who set out from England on the Golden Hind in 1577 had any idea of the journey's original destination, and perhaps not even Francis Drake had an inkling of how long a path they would eventually follow. Drake's encounter with a New World beast - the llama www.mcn.org /2/oseeler/drake.htm   (339 words)

Francis Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Mary or Elizabeth Mylwaye (Mildmay ?) and her husband Edmund Drake (1518–1585), a Protestant farmer (who later became a preacher) and grandson of John Drake and Margaret Cole. Drake was reportedly named after his godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, but throughout his cousins' lineages are direct connections to the Royalty and famous persons such as Sir Richard Grenville through Amy Grenville and Geoffrey Chaucer through Ursula Stafford. Drake was vice admiral in command of the English fleet (under Lord Howard of Effingham) when they overcame the Spanish Armada that was attempting to invade England in 1588. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis+Drake   (339 words)

Articles - Francis William Drake Francis William Drake (baptized August 22, 1724– December 18, 1787) born in Buckland Monocharum, Devon the third son of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake, a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Drake, in command of HMS Mercury, was one of Commodore George Brydges Rodney's senior officers and was sent into Conception and Trinity Bay's and as far north as Cape Bonavista where he had authority to hear appeals from decisions of fishing admirals and to enforce the various provisions of King William's Act of 1699. Drake was instrumental in making reforms in the Newfoundland justice system in the way that prisoners were incarcerated and the requirement that people charged with criminal offences had to be transported to England for trial. www.mountainbikescenter.com /articles/Francis_William_Drake   (610 words)

Francis Drake: bio and encyclopedia article Francis Drake was born in Tavistock (additional info and facts about Tavistock), Devon (A county in southwestern England), the son of Edmund Drake and his wife, Protestant (An adherent of Protestantism) farmers. Drake's voyage to the west coast of North America (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama) is important for a number of reasons. Drake's brother endured a long period of torture in South America (A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama) at the hands of Spaniards who sought intelligence from him about Drake's voyage. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/francis_drake.htm   (2155 words)

Sir Francis Drake's Lost Harbor Found at Whale Cove, Oregon Sir Francis Drake, under the auspices of Queen Elizabeth, was the first Englishman to sail around the world. Sir Francis Drake falsified the records of his journey during the summer of 1579, theorizes amateur British historian, Bob Ward! Drake altered the records to thwart the Spaniard's quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and now Ward believes he has found significant evidence to support this theory. www.whalecove.com /drake.html   (193 words)

Drake, Sir Francis - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK In 1585, Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and burned São Tiago in the Cape Verde Islands. Elizabeth endeavored for a time to justify Drake's conduct to Spain, but, failing to satisfy the Spanish, she finally abandoned all pretense and openly recognized Drake's exploits by knighting him aboard the Golden Hind. Drake continued alone in the Golden Hind up the coast of South America, plundered Valparaiso and smaller settlements, cut loose the shipping at Callao, and captured a rich Spanish treasure ship. www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?enc=14294   (776 words)

Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg141 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File She married Vice-Admiral Francis William Drake on 03 Nov 1763 in St James, Westminster, London. Henry Meyrick Eliott Drake Briscoe was born in 1870. Theodore Francis Heathfield Briscoe was born on 15 Oct 1867. www3.sympatico.ca /alloydthomas/Wyon/pafg141.htm   (470 words)

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