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Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall.
Letters of marque and privateers are largely credited for the age of Elizabethan exploration, because privateers were used to explore the seas. Under the Crown, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Martin Frobisher sailed the seas as privateers; their expedition reports helped shape the age of Elizabethan exploration. [21]
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 .
Sir Francis Drake's expedition of 1572–1573 was an uncommissioned privateer profiteering sea voyage by Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540–1596), of the beginnings of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of England (island of Great Britain), (under its monarch Queen Elizabeth I (the Great) (1533–1603, reigned 1558–1603).
English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies, 1588–1595: Documents relating to English voyages to the West Indies, from the defeat of the Armada to the last voyage of Sir Francis Drake, including Spanish documents contributed by Irene A. Wright (Taylor & Francis). Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents at ...
Sir Francis Drake was born in Devon, England, around 1542. He is best known as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. In 1567, Drake sailed to West Africa to capture and collect captives.
Drake would not pursue trading and slaving but would, instead, dedicate himself to attacking Spanish possessions wherever he found them. [3] Many of the 'Sea Dogs' later fought against the Spanish Armada enterprise against England in 1588 with Sir Francis Drake notably taking a prominent role in its defeat. Many would also become prominent in ...
Sir Francis Drake, English, c. 1540–1596; Sir George Somers, English 1554–1610; Captain Christopher Newport, English, c. 1561–1617; Magnus Heinason, Faroese, c. 1568–1578 privateer in Dutch service under the Dutch revolt and 1580s, and privateer and merchant in Danish service on the Faroe Islands c. 1578–1589; Piet Hein, Dutch, 1577 ...