- Sir Francis Drake known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition from 1577 to 1580 was an English Sea Captain, Privateer, Naval Officer, and...
- Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, England in 1540. His father was a Protestant minister and his mother was a devout Catholic.
- Francis Drake came of age during a time of empire building for England, which trailed the earlier explorations and colonial expansion of its chief rival, Spain.
- Francis Drake Biography. Born: c. 1541 Tavistock, England Died: January 28, 1596 Puerto Bello, Honduras English navigator and ship captain.
- Francis Drake Francis was born in around 1540 in Tavistock, Devon, England – the eldest of 12 sons.
- Sir Francis Drake was a successful English seafarer who build his career as an explorer, privateer, slave trader, and politician.
- Captain Sir Francis DRAKE. Born: ABT 1540, Buckland Abbey, Devon, England. Died: 28 Jan 1596/7, aboard DEFIANCE off Porto Bello. Father: Edmund DRAKE.
- Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer involved in piracy and illicit slave trading who became the second person ever to circumnavigate the globe.
- Sir Francis Drake participated in some of the earliest English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for his privateering, or piracy, against Spanish...