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Jan 1, 1540
Birth
Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock Devon ,England -
Jan 1, 1567
Sailed from Caribean
Drake sailed from the Caribean sea to the Gulf of Mexico and when he was coming to england he was attacked and defeated by the Spanish -
Jan 1, 1570
Trading
Drake made two profitable trading trips to the West Indies -
Jan 1, 1572
Privateer
Drake was a quipped with 2 ships and 73 sailors, Queen Elizabeth commissioned Drake as a privateer to sail to the Americas in 25 days he crossed the Atlantic and ended up in the Caribean sea -
Jan 15, 1577
Circumnavigation
Drake started his well known Circumnavigation in Plymouth, England passed straight through the Magellan then he went into the Pacific then coasted up the Western shores of the Americas crossed to Asia and went to the Philippines and returnd to England September 26th 1580 -
Jan 1, 1579
Claimed Land
Sir Fancis Drake made a stop near the Present Day San Francisco to fix his ship the Golden Hind he claimed the land for England wich he named New Albio -
Jan 1, 1581
Knighted
Queen Elizabeth Knighted Sir Francis Drake aboard the Golden Hind -
Sailed to Brazil
Drake sailed to Brazil with his nephew Richard Hawkins -
Spanish Fleet
Sir Francis Drake Attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet at Cadiz -
Vice Admiral
Drake was chosen as Vice Admiral of the Navy that destroyed the Spanish Armada -
Spanish Sighting
The Spanish Armada was seen off the Coast of England -
Exchanged Fire
The English exchanged their fire with the Spanish Armada -
Navy Attack
The British Navy Attacks the Spanish Armada after they see the Spanish of the Coast of England -
Last Voyage
Sir Francis Drake goes on his last voyage to the caribean sea -
Destroy Settlements
Drake was sent to destroy the spanish settlements in the West Indies -
Died
Drake died on board the Defiance he died at the age of about 55 of Yellow Fever wich is a Tropical disease -
Buried
Sir Francis Drake was buried at sea in a lead coffin in Puerto Bello with his cousin Hawkins