Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock‚ Devon around the year 1540 and went to sea at an early age. In 1567‚ Drake made one of the first English slaving expeditions as part of a fleet led by his cousin John Hawkins‚ bringing African slaves to America. All but two ships of this expedition were lost when they were attacked by a Spanish squadron. After that attack‚ the Spanish became a lifelong enemy for Drake and they also considered him a pirate. In 1570 and 1571‚ Drake made two moneymaking trading
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The Drake Equation * The Drake Equation was created by Frank Drake in 1960. * estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way. * It is used in the field of Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI). * National Academy of Sciences asked Drake to organize a meeting on detecting extraterrestrial intelligence. Reason drake equation created * Drake equation is closely related to the Fermi paradox * The Drake Equation is: N = R * fp * ne * fl * fi
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Sir Francis Drake By Mussie Sahle Late in 1577‚ Francis Drake left England with five ships‚ ostensibly on a trading expedition to the Nile. On reaching Africa‚ the true destination was revealed to be the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Magellan‚ to the dismay of some of the accompanying gentlemen and sailors. Still in the eastern Atlantic‚ a Portuguese merchant ship and its pilot - who was to stay with Drake for 15 months - was captured‚ and the fleet crossed the Atlantic‚ via the Cape Verde
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the reading. The reading consisted of an article title Sir Francis Drake a Hero or a Villain? Students had previously been learning about the Explorers who came to California in our social studies class‚ therefore students were able to fill out the KWL chart with some knowledge about Sir Francis Drake since we had covered him a little bit. I also asked students to think about what they would like to learn about Sir Francis Drake so students could become engaged with the reading by keeping their questions
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Biography of Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was the 1st Captain to circumnavigate the globe from start to finish ALIVE. Since Magellan was killed on his journey‚ that gave Drake the distinction of being the first. Name: Sir Francis Drake Date of Birth & Death: 1540 – January 27‚ 1596 Country of Origin: England Sir Francis Drake’s Main Accomplishments Drake’s biggest major accomplishment would be the circumnavigating the world from 1577 to 1580. He is the 2nd person to circumnavigate
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Sir Francis Drake was an English navigator and explorer‚ born near Tavistock. He served an apprenticeship as a mariner‚ and in 1567 he was given his first command. His ship‚ the Judith‚ was one of a squadron of vessels led by a kinsman of Drake‚ the English navigator Sir John Hawkins‚ on a slave-trading voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. All but two ships of the expedition were lost when attacked by a Spanish squadron. In 1570 and 1571 Drake made two profitable trading voyages to the West Indies. In 1572
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The reason why the Drake Equation is not a successful science is because it would be impossible to calculate some of the elements in the equation. The elements would take too long to get an accurate sample to give a scientifically sound explanation. For instance how would you calculate fi (the fraction of intelligent life forms)‚ how do you define intelligent? Is intelligent like you and I‚ is it like a bird or a rat‚ could it be a plant? There is no way to truly determine what counts and doesn’t
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these countries. Now enters Francis Drake‚ when Francis was twelve or thirteen‚ his father Edmund Drake arranged him to apprentice under an old sea captain of a small bark‚ which is a three-masted vessel that is square rigged. The bark sailed near coasts of France‚ England‚ and the Netherlands; Drake now learned how to read currents‚ wind‚ and tides and was able to maneuver a ship
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Sir Francis Drake‚ an English sea captain‚ navigator‚ slaver‚ privateer and politician. He was second in command of and English fleet against the Spanish Armada. He also accomplished the second circumvolution of the world. A hero to some and a pirate to others let us peek into the life of Sir Francis Drake. In Tavistock‚ Devon year 1544‚ Francis Drake was born. Drake’s birth is not formally recorded‚ but since he received command of the Judith in 1566 when he was twenty-two years old‚ his birth
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Sir Francis Drake Typically‚ Francis Drake’s life begins with a mystery - the date of his birth. 1540 is often mentioned‚ 1542 has been heard as has been 1538‚ and other years pop up here and there. Often the given date is based on a portrait which itself is dated and which includes the comment that it shows Drake at a particular age. The only safe conclusion is that he was born around 1540. His place of birth was Tavistock‚ in Devonshire‚ along the river Tavy (which eventually empties into
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