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Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall.
The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake is the earliest detailed account of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. [1] It was compiled by Drake's nephew, also named Francis Drake, based on his uncle's journal, the notes of Francis Fletcher, and other sources. [2] It was first published in London in 1628 by Nicholas Bourne. [3]
The Drake Baronetcy of Prospect, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 May 1782 for Rear Admiral Francis Samuel Drake, son and brother of the Sir Francis Henry Drakes, fourth and fifth Baronets of Buckland. [11]
Giovanni Battista Boazio, mapped Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies and America; Anders Bure (Sweden, 1571 – 1646), founder of Swedish cartography; Jacob Roelofs van Deventer (Netherlands, c. 1510/15–1575) Fernão Vaz Dourado (India, c. 1520–c. 1580), Portuguese cartographer of the school initiated by Lopo Homem
Sir Tristram Gorges (1562–1608) was a sea captain under the command of Sir Francis Drake. He fought against the Spanish Armada and was the jailer of Pedro de Valdez. Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565–1647), called the "Father of English Colonization in North America"[1], was an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of ...
The group included Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Richard Grenville, and Sir Ralph Lane. [1] Five of these individuals originated in the southwest region of England known as the West Country, and were particularly associated with the seaports of Devon, especially Plymouth.
Arms of Drake of Buckland Abbey: Sable, a fess wavy between two estoiles argent Buckland Abbey tower Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet (1642–1718), of Buckland Abbey in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and of Meavy, both in Devon, England, was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament for Tavistock in Devon, in 1673, 1679, 1681, 1689, 1690, 1696 and 1698.
Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire: In Search of a Kingdom. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062875358. Drake, Sir Francis (2005). The World Encompassed. South Carolina: Elibron Classics; BookSurge. ISBN 1402195672. Nuttall, Zelia (1967). New Light On Drake. Netherlands: Kraus Reprint Limited. OCLC 468829810.