1581: Francis Drake, having completed the first circumnavigation of the world a few months earlier, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship, the Golden Hind.
Drake left England with five ships in late 1577 on a "trading expedition to the Nile." It was only after reaching the African coast that Drake informed his companions of the real purpose of this voyage -- to sail across the Atlantic and into the Pacific in order to disrupt shipping and raid Spanish settlements along the California coast.
Which is precisely what he did. Whatever else Drake was -- and he could rightfully claim navigator, explorer, slave trader and civil engineer among his occupations -- he was first and foremost aprivateer.
It was not an easy passage. By the time he had sailed through the Strait of Magellan and into the Pacific, he was down to three ships. They encountered vile weather and tempest-tossed seas off the South American coast. One ship, Marigold, sank with all hands; another was forced to turn back to England. That left Drake's flagship, Pelican, which he renamed Golden Hind, to harry the Spanish.
But from then on, his fortunes improved. The weather cleared and Drake spent the next five months sacking Spanish settlements and capturing merchant ships all the way up the Pacific Coast. Somewhere along the coast in northern California or Oregon, Drake put in and proclaimed Nova Albion, claiming it for Britain.
Laden with plunder and her stocks replenished, the Golden Hind set sail across the Pacific, enjoying an uneventful passage lasting 68 days. Drake spent some time in the Indonesian archipelago establishing commercial contacts, then crossed the Indian ocean, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and headed for home.
When the Golden Hind dropped anchor in Plymouth in late 1580, roughly 36,000 miles of ocean had passed under her keel.
because he defeted the spanish armarda and got knighted. Drake was knighted in 1581, after his circumnavigation of the world, this was seven years before the Spanish Armada.
He was knighted and he received gold and silk.
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they felt very proud of him because he did his three voyage that is wen queen Elizabeth knighted him "Sir" Francis Drake
Elizabeth 1 knighted Sir Francis Drake when he returned from circumnavigating the world. He also fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
He was knighted in 1581.
He was knighted in 1581.
4th April 1581 was the date he was knighted.
He was knighted on a galleon called the golden hind (or the pelican) just off drake's island in the Plymouth sound he was knighted in England on April 4, 1581 by Queen Elizabeth I.
because he defeted the spanish armarda and got knighted. Drake was knighted in 1581, after his circumnavigation of the world, this was seven years before the Spanish Armada.
Elizabeth the First
In April 1581, Francis Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on board the Golden Hind.
He was knighted and he received gold and silk.
Sir Francis Drake explored for England, and after the exploration he was knighted and earned 10,000 euros
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Queen Elizabeth 1
Captain Henry Morgan was knighted and went on to become a governor in Jamaica. Sir Francis Drake, Sir Christopher Myngs, and Henry Mainwaring were also pirates who were knighted.