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Francis Drake

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Sir Francis Drake
February-March 1540 – January 27, 1595

Metung a larawan nang Sir Francis Drake king Buckland Abbey a laru king lona (oil on canvas), pinintura neng Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.
Nickname: El Draque ("The Dragon")
Type: Privateer
Place of birth: Tavistock, Devon, England
Place of death: Portobelo, Colón, Panama
Allegiance: England
Years of service: 1563 – 1595
Rank: Vice Admiral
Base of Operations: Caribbean Sea
Commands: Golden Hind (previously known as Pelican)
Battles/wars: Anglo–Spanish War (1585)
Battle of Gravelines

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540January 27 1595), metung yang pirata, talapaglayag, negosianti kareng alipan, ampong politiku aniang panaun a Elizabethan king Inglaterra (England). Gewa neng caballerung (knight) aniang 1581 Reina Elizabeth I. Kadua yang manibala king pamanibala king flotang Ingles laban king Armada ning Espania aniang 1588, at kakadua ya mu kang Charles Howard ampo ing mismung Reina. Mete yang disintiria kaibat ning mebigu nang pamaglusub king San Juan, Puerto Rico kanitang 1595.

  • Bawlf, Samuel (2003). The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580. Walker & Company. ISBN 0802714056.
  • Hughes-Hallett, Lucy (2004). Heroes: A History of Hero Worship. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York. ISBN 1-4000-4399-9.
  • Kelsey, Harry (1998). Sir Francis Drake, the Queen's Pirate. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300071825.
  • Mattingly, Garett (1959). The Defeat of the Spanish Armada. ISBN 0-395-08366-4. – a detailed account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, it received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee in 1960.
  • Merideth, Mrs. Charles, Notes and Sketches of New South Wales, during a residence in that colony from 1839 to 1844; Bound With: "Life of Drake" by John Barrow (1st ed, 1844) [xi, 164; and xii, 187 pp. respectfully]
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  • Wilson, Derek (1977). The World Encompassed: Drake’s Great Voyage, 1577–80. Harper & Row. ISBN 0060146796.

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