Drake the explorer biography for kids

Vice Admiral Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era.

Sir Francis Drake (c.

1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician.

Drake the explorer biography for kids

Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 (the first English circumnavigation, the second carried out in a single expedition, and third circumnavigation overall).

Elizabeth I awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581 which he received on the Golden Hind in Deptford.

In the same year, he was appointed mayor of Plymouth. As a vice admiral, he was second-in-command of the English fleet in the victorious battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588. After unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico, he died of dysentery in January 1596.

Drake's exploits made him a hero to the English, but the Spanish branded h