If you try to briefly describe this person, you get a fascinating story. He became very young on the captain’s bridge of the ship, then he turned out to be a rather successful sea pirate. Then his destiny sent to conquer the vast expanses of the ocean and he made a voyage around the world. Having smashed the invincible Spanish flotilla, he became an admiral. Such a legacy was left behind by the legendary Francis Drake - an English navigator with an extremely dubious reputation.
Carier start
A little boy, born in the family of the English farmer of the county of Devonshire in 1540, from childhood dreamed of fame and dangerous sea voyages. As soon as he was 13 years old, against the will of his parents, he hired a young man on a sailing little ship. Very soon, showing his best side, Francis Drake gets the position of assistant captain. By the age of 18, having collected a small capital, he buys a small longboat, intending to earn money on the transportation of goods, but this does not bring him much income. In those days, only the slave trade and piracy made huge profits.
In 1567, Francis Drake, as the commander of a sailing ship, part of a distant relative's flotilla, went on a journey to the shores of Africa for slaves. The next point on his map was the West Indies, where sailors ruled the seizures of wealthy Spanish ships. It was there that the young Francis Drake gained enormous experience in robberies and attacks on merchant ships. Upon his return to England, fame spread about him as a capable and successful captain.
Discoverer of new lands
Already in November 1577, under the command of Francis Drake, an expedition of five ships set out from Plymouth towards the shores of America. The main purpose of the trip was not only piracy, but also the conquest of new territories for England. According to historians, Queen Elizabeth personally blessed this campaign and presented memorable gifts to the team.
Having passed through the Strait of Magellan, the flotilla led by the ship of Drake Pelican moved south. The captain, without realizing it, made an important discovery. During the voyage, it turned out that Tierra del Fuego is a large island, beyond which lies the open ocean, and not part of the mainland. Now this strait between South America and Antarctica bears his name.
A little later, the Drake flotilla passed along the coast of America, swimming much further than the Spaniards. In early summer, ships moored ashore to replenish supplies of water and food. So the neighborhoods of the modern city of San Francisco were discovered and immediately declared the property of the Queen of England.
