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Francis Samuel Drake (February 22, 1828 – February 22, 1885) was an American historian. His 1872 Dictionary of American Biography, containing 10,000 biographical sketches, was expanded after his death as Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography .
The Famous Voyage: The Circumnavigation of the World 1577-1580. Drake was noted in his life for one daring feat after another; his greatest was his circumnavigation of the earth, the first after Magellan's. He sailed from Plymouth on Dec. 13, 1577.
Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet (1729 – 19 October 1789) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of Rear-admiral of the Red.
Author. : Francis Samuel Drake. ←. Author Index: Dr. Francis Samuel Drake. (1828–1885) sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. United States historian and biographer.
DRAKE, Francis Samuel (1828-85). An American author, born at Northwood, N. H., the son of Samuel Gardner Drake. His most important work is his Dictionary of American Biographies (1872), containing 10,000 biographies, nearly all prepared by himself.
The binding is by The Russell-Rutter Company, New York. The following is a selective list of biographies, chronicles, documentary collections, articles and bibliographical guides descriptive of the career and background of Sir Francis Drake, or relevant to the records of his voyages.
The Encyclopedia Americana. Drake, Francis Samuel. Drake, Friedrich. →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. Edition of 1920. See also Francis Samuel Drake (historian) on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer . DRAKE, Francis Samuel, American historical writer: b. Northwood, N. H., 22 Feb. 1828; d. Washington, D. C., 22 Feb. 1885.
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