Sir Francis Drake

sir Francis drake
• Nationality - English
• Lifespan - 1540 - 1596
• Navigator of a small merchant ship in the 1550's
• Officer on West African slave ships
• Sailed to the Caribbean with his cousin John Hawkins
• Francis Drake was the first to pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast of South America
• Sailed round the World in the ship called the Golden Hind
• Appointed Vice Admiral of the navy that destroyed the Spanish Armada
• Famous as a seaman, explorer and a pirate, sailing around the World, raiding the Spanish and helping to defeat the Spanish Armada.