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The life, voyages, and exploits of Sir Francis Drake : with numerous original letters from him and the Lord High Admiral to the Queen and great officers of state. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. ISBN 978-1-78987-509-6. OCLC 26727420. Bawlf, Samuel (2003). The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577–1580. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet (1588 – 11 March 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1625 and 1629. Drake was the son of Thomas Drake of Buckland Abbey , Devon and his wife, Elizabeth Gregory, widow of John Elford.
The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake is the earliest detailed account of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. [1] It was compiled by Drake's nephew, also named Francis Drake, based on his uncle's journal, the notes of Francis Fletcher, and other sources. [2] It was first published in London in 1628 by Nicholas Bourne. [3]
Francis Drake's circumnavigation, also known as Drake's Raiding Expedition, was an important historical maritime event that took place between 15 December 1577 and 26 September 1580. The expedition was authorised by Queen Elizabeth I and consisted of five ships led by Francis Drake .
Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's ...
He was born the eldest son of Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet, whom he succeeded in 1740. He was educated at Winchester School (1734–39), Eton College (1740) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1740–44. He then studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1740). He was a Ranger of Dartmoor Forest for life from 1752.
Drake was the eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet and his third wife. Elizabeth Pollexfen, daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen of Nutwell Court, Devon, and was baptized on 2 March 1694. [1] He was educated privately. Drake's father died in January 1718 and he succeeded to the baronetcy and the heavily encumbered estate. He made a ...
Francis Fletcher (c. 1555 – c. 1619) was a priest of the Church of England who accompanied Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation of the world from 1577 to 1580 and kept a written account of it. Life