Francis Drake
Privatir; penjelajah dunia
Sir Francis Drake (kk 1540 – 28 Januari, 1596) merupakan tentera upahan (England privateer), pakar pandu arah, wira tentera laut, ahli politik, pedagang hamba-abdi dan jurutera am pada Zaman Elizabeth. Dia merupakan orang Inggeris pertama mengelilingi bumi, dari tahun 1577 sehingga 1580.
| Sir Francis Drake | |
|---|---|
| Februari-Mac 1540 – 27 Januari 1596 (umur 55) | |
 Potret minyak di atas kanvas kurun ke-16 Sir Francis Drake di Buckland Abbey, dilukis oleh Marcus Gheeraerts Si Muda. | |
| Nama gelaran: | El Draque (sepanyol), Draco (latin, "Si Naga") |
| Jenis: | Privatir |
| Tempat lahir: | Tavistock, Devon, England |
| Tempat mati: | Portobelo, Colón, Panama |
| Kesetiaan: | England |
| Tahun berkhidmat: | 1563 – 1596 |
| Pangkat: | Naib Laksamana |
| Pangkalan operasi: | Laut Caribbean |
| Kawalan: | Golden Hind (dahulunya dikenali sebagai Pelican) |
| Pertempuran/perang: | Perang Inggeris-Sepanyol (1585) Pertempuran Gravelines |
Pada tahun 1579, Drake mendarat di utara California, atau kemungkinannya lebih utara di Oregon ataupun Barat Laut Pasifik (lokasi sebenar masih diperdebatkan oleh ahli sejarah) dan menuntut tanah sebagai "Nova Albion" untuk takhta England. Peta yang dihasilkan selepas itu mempunyai "Nova Albion" ditulis bagi keseluruhan sempadan utara New Spain.
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- Bawlf, Samuel (2003) The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577–1580 Walker & Company ISBN 0802714056
- Corbett, Julian Stafford 1890. Sir Francis Drake.
- Hughes-Hallett, Lucy (2004) Heroes: A History of Hero Worship Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York. ISBN 1-4000-4399-9
- Kelsey, Harry (1998) Sir Francis Drake, the Queen's Pirate New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300071825
- Mattingly, Garett (1959) The Defeat of the Spanish Armada ISBN 0-395-08366-4—a detailed account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, it received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee in 1960
- Merideth, Mrs Charles, Notes and Sketches of New South Wales, during a residence in that colony from 1839 to 1844; Bound With: "Life of Drake" by John Barrow (1st ed, 1844) [xi, 164; and xii, 187 pp. respectfully]
- Rodger, N.A.M. The Safeguard of the Sea; A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 (London, 1997)
- Wilson, Derek (1977) The World Encompassed: Drake’s Great Voyage, 1577–80. Harper & Row. ISBN 0060146796
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| Wikimedia Commons mempunyai media berkaitan Francis Drake |
- The Circumnavigation
- Tapak-tapak umum
- Francis Drake
- Hand-colored map depicting Sir Francis Drake's attack on Saint Augustine from the State Archives of Florida
- In Drake's Wake - "The world's best Drake resource"
- Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake at the Library of Congress
- Mission to rescue Drake's body
- Oliver Seeler's website "Sir Francis Drake"
- Drake's methods of Navigation Diarkibkan 2008-01-16 di Wayback Machine