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Circumnavigation of the world.
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∙ 15y agoSir Francis Drake was chosen by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1577 to command a voyage around the world. Drake was already a successful privateer (or sea pirate), and his voyage was designed to disrupt the command of the Pacific Ocean and the Americas enjoyed by England's rival Spain. Drake's command ship the Golden Hind (at first named Pelican) circumnavigated the globe, looting Spanish ships in the New World along the way. He made a landing in 1579 somewhere on the Pacific coast of North America, and returned to England in 1580 to be knighted by the Queen. (Drake was the second captain to circle the globe -- the trick had already been turned by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan in 1519.) Drake's successful voyage and his subsequent naval career helped the English become major players in the race for colonization and trade in the New World. Drake made a specialty of harrassing Spanish shipping and ports, and he was vice admiral of the English fleet when it defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. He died during an expedition to the Caribbean in 1596, and was buried in a lead coffin somewhere near modern-day Panama.
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∙ 11y agoTo plant a british colony in the new world
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∙ 11y agohe sailed around the world
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What was Sir Francis Drake's Full Name?
Sir Francis Reddy Karamchand Or do you mean Sir Francis Drake?
What is Sir Francis Drake's nationalty?
Sir Francis Drake was English.
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Francis Drake had 11 siblings.
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Sir Francis Drake's parents were Edmond Drake and Mary Mylway
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Sir Francis Drake traveled to... South America.
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Sir Francis Drake's father was a clergyman.
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What Francis Drake's nationality?
Sir Francis Drake was an Englishman.
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Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
