Yes.
John Hawkins was Drakes main influence. He taught Drake most of what he new on how to sail. Hawkins himself was a famous sailor who led Drake into many complications which Drake liked which made him want to be a sailor. Nathan
B1tch
Drake and Hawkins sailed when Drake was about 23 years old. Sailing to the "New World." They commanded the first English ship to bring African slaves to the New World.
He was sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
B1tch
Sir Francis Drake named the new land New Albion which means New Britain.
The purpose of his voyage was to find a Northwest Passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans and plant a British colony in the New World.
Because he unlocked new ideas about the world that knowone knew before.
the Golden Hind
Sir Francis Drake sailed along the west coast of the United States, landing in 1579 and spending time in what is now California.
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British explorers include Henry Hudson (he tried to find the Northwest Passage); Ernest Shackleton (he explored Antarctica); Sir Francis Drake (first Englishman to sail around the world); and Sir Walter Raleigh (he explored the New World and established a colony in what became Virginia).