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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.
Battle of Saint Kitts. Battle of the Saintes. 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 .
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.
Jun 25, 2020 · Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540-1596 CE) was an English mariner, privateer and explorer who in 1588 CE helped defeat the Spanish Armada of Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598 CE) which attempted to invade the kingdom of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE).
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Aug 9, 2003 · By Dinitia Smith. Aug. 9, 2003. On the evening of Sept. 26, 1580, the vessel Golden Hind sailed into England's Plymouth Harbor commanded by the privateer Francis Drake. The ship's ballast had been ...
James A. Williamson in 1928 contributed a valuable critical discussion of the literature on Drake: "Books on Drake," in: History , XII, pp. 310-21, while there is an enlightening bibliography of 100 books on Sir Francis Drake by Eleanor Bancroft in the California Historical Society's special publications nos. 13 and 25 (1937 and 1953).
English: Francis Samuel Drake (February 22, 1828, Northwood, New Hampshire - February 22, 1885, Washington, D.C.) was a United States historian. His Dictionary of American Biography was a precursor of, and incorporated into, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.
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