Hey who was sir francis drake?

Question: Hey who was sir francis drake!?
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Francis Drake was born in the parish of Crowndale, a mile south of Tavistock, Devon, in February or March 1540!. [2] He was the eldest of the twelve sons[3] of Edmund Drake (1518–1585), a Protestant farmer who later became a preacher, and his wife Mary Mylwaye!. The elder Drake is sometimes confused with his nephew John Drake (1573–1634), who was the son of Edmund's older brother, Richard Drake!. (cf!. John White, note 2)!. Francis Drake's maternal grandfather was Richard Mylwaye!. Francis Drake married 1: Mary Newman; married 2: Elizabeth Sydenham(m!.2 Sir William Courtenay of Powderham)1585!.[4]

Francis was reportedly named after his godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford,[5] and throughout his cousins' lineages are direct connections to royalty and famous personages, such as Sir Richard Grenville, Ivor Callely, Amy Grenville and Geoffrey Chaucer!. However, James Froude states, "He told Camden that he was of mean extraction!. He meant merely that he was proud of his parents and made no idle pretensions to noble birth!. His father was a tenant of the Earl of Bedford, and must have stood well with him, for Francis Russell, the heir of the earldom, was the boy's godfather!." [6]

As with many of Drake's contemporaries, the exact date of his birth is unknown and could be as early as 1535, the 1540 date being extrapolated from two portraits: one a miniature painted by Nicholas Hilliard in 1581 when he was allegedly 42, the other painted in 1594 when he was alleged to be 53!.[7]

During the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, the family was forced to flee to Kent!. At about the age of thirteen, Francis took to the sea on a cargo barque, becoming master of the ship at the age of twenty!. He spent his early career honing his sailing skills on the difficult waters of the North Sea, and after the death of the captain he became master of his own barque (A ship with more than three masts)!. At age twenty-three, Drake made his first voyage to the New World under the sails of the Hawkins family of Plymouth, in company with his second cousin, Sir John Hawkins!.

In 1569 he was with the Hawkins fleet when it was trapped by the Spaniards in the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulua!. He escaped along with Hawkins but the experience is said to have led him to his lifelong revenge against the Spanish!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sir Francis Drake was an english navigator, slave trader, and politician and privateer!.Drake was many things however, he is widly known as one of the worlds best navigators and seamen of his time!. He was the second in command of the English navy in the war against the Spanish in the year 1588!. He was only able to be commanded by two people!. The Queen and a man named Charles Howard!. He was born in the year 1540 and died in 1595!. He became famous for his many battles won agianst the spanish armada!. Such as the time when he captured a spanish boat containing 25,000 pesos of pure gold!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

He was a pirate, an explorer (the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe), a freebooter and an English hero for his actions against Spain, including helping defeat the Spanish Armada (except for a short absence for the purpose of enhancing his own economic interests)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the dude who left a clue to whoever finds his coffin to his lost treasure in the ps3 game 'uncharted:drakes fortune'

except its not all a treasure,he did have some gold chests,but he was relly tring to hide some cursed gold statue tht turns ppl into mutantsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Captain of the Golden Hind!. Sailed from England under Queen Liz the 1st and made it to San Francisco Bay, hence the name Sir Francis! Francisco Bay!Www@QuestionHome@Com

you can get answers from Google about this one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

an explorer!. look it up!.Www@QuestionHome@Com