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Sir Francis Drake
Cody S. Church September 27, 2016
ELA Period 8th Biography

Sir Francis Drake was born in Devonshire, England in the the year 1540. He had a very large family., Hhe was the eldest of twelve sons born to, and his parents were, Mary Myllwaye and Edmund Drake. It is believed that Francis learned how to sail a ship by local pirates, and at the age of twenty Drake and his cousin John Hawkins were in control of their own ship (Judith). Once they assembled a small …show more content…

In 1568 the Spanish attacked Drake’s ship while it was in port, Francis and Hawkins managed to escape but the rest of their crew were killed. This caused Drake to get permission from Queen Elizabeth to attack any Spanish ships or property in the year 1572. Soon he sailed to Panama to overtake the city Nombre de Dios which the Spanish military used to store all their gold and silver from Peru. With two ships and a crew of seventy three Drake easily captured the city. In 1577 Queen Elizabeth sent Francis to explore the Pacific coast of America well at least that is what he told everyone else. The Queen actually sent him over to America to attack the Spanish ships. Drake brought five ships on the voyage, one of his officers on his ship (Thomas Dougherty) Francis noticed Drake acting suspicious and Dougherty expected the Captain was planning something. Soon after Drake overheard Thomas talking about his plan to betray him, and once Drake’s fleet had dropped anchor within the coast of Argentina he had Thomas Dougherty arrested. Drake and his armada traveled on capturing ship after ship and all of their valuables,

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