Sir francis drake biography timeline example

Sir Francis Drake was an Elizabethan seaman famous for his exploits against the Spanish Armada.

When and Where was he Born?

1540-43, Devon, England.

Family Background:

Francis Drake was the son of a Tenant Farmer and Protestant Preacher on the Crowndale Estate of Lord Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford.

Education:

Within family and then went to sea at age of thirteen.

Timeline of Francis Drake

1553?: Drake works on coastal ships.

1565: He is now engaged in longer voyages to Guinea and the Spanish Main.

1567: He takes command of the ship “The Judith” and goes with Sir John Hawkins to the Gulf of Mexico but the expedition was not a success.

1569: He marries Mary Newman on 4th July.

1571:He sails on to the West Indies to tries to recoup his losses which he had made to the Spaniards.

1572: He gains a privateer’s licence from Queen Elizabeth the First and sails with two small ships the “Pasha̶