Sir Francis Drake As A Pirate

Sir Francis Drake was an English sailor who has been remembered for many of his greatest achievements that still influence the world to this day. One of his greatest achievements was to be the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world. He was considered a pirate by many, especially the opposing Spanish, but he did greater things than an average pirate could do. He was Captain and admiral of many ships and commanded multiple expeditions all around the world, with many taking place in the Caribbean. Francis Drake knew the waters of the world like the back of his hand, and would have helped lead our other pirates to being an unstoppable force on the sea.

Drake inspired many people, especially the English to follow in his footsteps. More people began exploring and some people even circumnavigated the world due to Drake's influence on them. He began an everlasting fight with the Spanish, who later on led to war. Ever since then, the English have had a bitter relationship with the Spanish. Drake's cousin John Hawkins made Drake an officer in a big slave trade to bring blacks to the "New World" for hard labor. While on an expedition, a mutiny led by Thomas Doughty almost broke out, but Francis Drake gave no mercy to the traitor and coward therefore he beheaded him immediately.

Francis Drake then led the fleet into the Strait of Magellan to reach the Pacific Ocean. They were soon caught in a strong storm and two ships could barely keep up with the rest of the fleet. One ship decided to turn around and return to England leaving less help on the expedition. The other ship that was falling behind, disappeared and was never seen again. Drake remained in his ship, The Golden Hind, and pushed on through the horrible storm. He sailed up th...

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...deep impact on our team.

Not everything that these pirates did was some sort of heinous act. These men picked for our team, were ruthless like many pirates, yet very brave and venerable. Although these great sailors of the seas left behind paths of destruction, they also left an imprint on the world that can never be taken away. We have been influenced by these men and they will not be forgotten for what they have done. Our three draft picks, together would have instilled a great amount of fear into people. They would not only use their intimidation as a weapon, but their intelligence also, to rule the seas of world. Their individual skills put together would produce an uncontainable force of the sea that would put any opposing sailors to rest without any problems. These are our picks of the 2014 draft, who have bonded to form a strong group known as The Scurvy Dogs.