Sir Francis Drake

By happy harper
  • Nov 5, 1540

    date of birth

    Francis Drake was born in Tavistock England 1540 he was the son of a puritan farmer
  • Jan 1, 1567

    first voyage

    Sir Francis Drakes first voyage started in 1567 and was to africa he travelled with Jhon Hawkins and captained the ship Judith.
  • Period: Nov 11, 1570 to Nov 11, 1571

    voyage to the Indies

    Sir Francis Drake acsended on a voyage to the Indies to collect spices.
  • Jan 1, 1572

    spanish invasion

    In 1572 Francis Drake demanded two ship went on a voyage to spain and invaid there land he came back with lots of spanish treasure.
  • Jan 1, 1577

    The secret mission

    In 1577 Drake was secretly commissioned by Elizabeth 1st to set off on a expedition against the spanish colonies on the American pacific coast.He sailed with five ships, but by the time he reached the Pacific Ocean in October 1578 only one was left, Drake's flagship the Pelican, renamed the Golden Hind. To reach the Pacific, Drake became the first Englishman to navigate the Straits of Magellan.
  • Jan 1, 1579

    across the pacific

    in July 1579, west across the Pacific. His travels took him to the Moluccas, Celebes, Java and then round the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived back in England in September 1580 with a rich cargo of spices and Spanish treasure and the distinction of being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. Seven months later, Elizabeth knighted him aboard the Golden Hind, to the annoyance of the king of Spain.
  • Jan 1, 1580

    circumnavigation

    In 1580 English privateer Sir Francis Drake completes the second circumnavigation of the world

  • The west Indies

    In 1585, Drake sailed to the West Indies and the coast of Florida where he sacked and plundered Spanish cities. On his return voyage, he picked up the unsuccessful colonists of Roanoke Island off the coast of the Carolinas, which was the first English colony in the New World

  • Port of cadez

    In 1587, war with Spain was imminent and Drake entered the port of Cadiz and destroyed 30 of the ships the Spanish were assembling against the British.

  • vice admiral

    1588, he was a vice admiral in the fleet that defeated the Armada. Drake's last expedition, with John Hawkins, was to the West Indies. The Spanish were prepared for him this time, and the venture was a disaster.

  • death

    Drake died on 28 January 1596 of dysentery off the coast of Portobelo, Panama. Hawkins died at the same time, and their bodies were buried at sea.