Sir Francis Drake

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Sir Francis Drake
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In 1577 Queen Elizabeth I commissioned three men
to sail around the world. On November 15, 1577,
under the command of three captains, Sir Francis
Drake, John Winter, and Thomas Doughty, the
"Queen's Corsair" set sail from Plymouth to the
Spanish-controlled Rock of Gibraltar
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                            The Golden Hind -
Perhaps(From the Hondius Broadside map of circa
1595) Late in 1577, Francis Drake left England
with five ships, ostensibly on a trading
expedition to the Nile. On reaching Africa, the
true destination was revealed to be the Pacific
Ocean via the Strait of Magellan, to the dismay
of some of the accompanying gentlemen and
sailors. Still in the eastern Atlantic, a
Portuguese merchant ship and its pilot - who was
to stay with Drake for 15 months - was captured
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Sir Francis Drake, is one of the greatest English
sea-captains of all time.He was a hero in the
fight against the Armada and despised as an
upstart by the rich, Drake, really keen in the
hunt for treasure (especially Spanish treasure)
but daring and visionary in exploration.
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Edmund Drake's wife, the mother of Francis, was
of the Mylwaye family but her first name is
unknown. The couple had twelve sons Francis was
the eldest.
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THE END
BY ANGUS,WILLIAM
BUT IS IT
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1 Drake was the eldest of his brothers and
sisters true or false.
2 DID HE HAVE 7 SHIPS TRUE OR FALSE
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3 Sir francis drake was a pirate true or false.
Was his ship called the golden eagle.
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