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Sir Francis Drake
By: Natalia O'Toole
Birth and Death
Sir Francis Drake was born in 1540 and died
in 1596. Sir Francis Drake was born in a
cottage.
Time Line Part One
1549- Drake was apprenticed to the master
of a ship that said the parts of english
channel, and in mouth of the river Thames.
Time Line Part Two
1567- In 1567 Drake commanded the Judith
on the second of the expedition organized.
Time Line Part Three
In 1570 he returned to the Spanish Main to
get revenge, and for 3 years he made him
self a hated person there.
Timeline Part Four
In December 1577, he set of to the golden
hind and started his adventure around the
world. He had the best equipped
expedition ever launched by England 5
stout well armed men,
Timeline
and a crew of 150 men. They reached the
cost In April 1578. On May twenty first they
entered straits of magellan at the southern
tip of south america.
Exploration Information
Sir Francis Drake and his crew sailed up the
coast of Chile and Peru attacking and
destroying Spanish ships. They continued
north along the coastline, exploring
Vancouver, Canada.
Exploration Information
Then they sailed across the Pacific Ocean
to the Celebes and Java. They crossed the
equator in July and sailed into Plymouth
Harbor in September of 1580. They
returned with one
Exploration Information
ship and a half-starved crew of 58 men who
had not set foot on a populated shore for 6
months.The ship carried the richest cargo
ever to reach an English port. There were
spices,
English port. There were spices, precious
metals, jewels, silks, fine porcelains, and
irreplaceable maps
Resourses
1.Delpar, H. (2005). Sir Francis Drake.
Chicago: World Book, Inc. 2. Drake.
(2000). Retrieved April 4-11-11, 2011, from
Drake:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/sir
_francis_drake.htm
3. Discovery Education Search. (n.d.).
Retrieved April 4-12-11, 2011, from
Discovery Education:
http://search.discoveryeducation.com/