Francis Drake By jackgagnon 1540 Francis Drake is Born 1548 Drakes Father Flees The Country For Assault and Robbery 1558 Drake is Interested in The Hawkins Family Fleet 1560 Francis Drake Graduates to the African trade 1568 Drake has command of his own ship on a Hawkins venture. 1575 Drake takes part in a massive massacre in Ireland 1577 Drake is chosen to circumnavigate the world 1580 Drake takes his ship into the Plymouth Harbour 1581 Drake is made the Mayor of Plymouth 1596 Drake dies to a disease on his last voyage to Portugal