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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 .
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. The squadron consisted of five vessels, the two larger ships being the Pelican, Drake's own ship, renamed Golden Hind on the voyage, on August 20, 1578; and the Elizabeth, commanded by John Winter. Three smaller ...
Brother of John Robert Drake [half], Samuel Adams Drake [half] and George Bernard Drake [half] Husband of Emma Maria (Valentine) Drake — married 26 Jun 1850 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
- February 22, 1828
- February 22, 1885
Nov 1, 2010 · Drake, Francis Samuel 1728-1789 Baronet of Prospect, Devon, Rear Admiral of the Red and Commissioner of the Navy. Visited Deal freqnently, married a local girl and buried in St Leonard's Churchyard.
Capture of Sint Eustatius. Battle of Fort Royal. Battle of the Chesapeake. 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 .
Jan 21, 2016 · The rumor that she was the author of Sympathy began in the mid-1800s, but didn’t appear in print until 1878, when historian Francis Samuel Drake said in The Town of Roxbury that “The...
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Oct 2, 2019 · Drake Meets the Miwoks. October 02, 2019. By Larry Clinton, Sausalito Historical Society. In 1579, Sir Francis Drake was exploring the West Coast in search of the elusive “northwest passage.”. The ship’s chaplain, Frances Fletcher, and others kept journals of that voyage, that were later compiled into a book, The World Encompassed by Sir ...
