Francis Drake was born around 1540-1544 in Devonshire‚ England. He was the eldest of 12 sons born to Edmund Drake and Mary Mylwaye Drake. Francis was apprenticed to a merchant who sailed coastal waters trading goods between England and France. He took to navigation well and was soon enlisted by his relatives‚ the Hawkinses. By the 1560s‚ Francis Drake was given command of his own ship‚ the Judith‚ with a small fleet. They sailed to South Africa to buy slaves and then travelled to Spain to sell
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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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which was rage against a certain English man. This English man’s name was Sir Francis Drake and he was the captain of a ship named ‘Cacafuego’ he was also a privateer employed by Elizabeth I. The captain sailed around the world but a certain event happened on the 20th April 1587 which severely upset Philip the Second of Spain. On the date of the 20th April Sir Francis Drake docked in the Cadiz Harbour and when Sir Francis Drake arrived there he set fire to 30 royal Spanish Warships. This was one of the
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serfs iv. Expanded Serfdom 2. Paragraph 2 TP: Catherine the Great had used her strong army to occupy Poland and to expand her empire‚ while Elizabeth I avoided wars on surface but secretly encouraged Francis Drake to plunder Spanish fleets a. Elizabeth I i. Cautious about the wars ii. Francis Drake – plundered Spanish fleets loaded with gold and silver from the New World empire. iii. Destruction of Spanish Armada b. Catherine the Great i. Expansion of Poland ii. Defeat the Turks 3. Paragraph
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Furthermore his crew was compromised of priests and soldiers instead of experienced sailors like the English had. This man‚ who spent much of the journey in his cabin being seasick‚ was pitched against such an experienced‚ noteworthy sailor as Sir Francis Drake and court favorite Admiral Howard. Moreover‚ the Spanish ships were large and bulky and this made them difficult to maneuver‚ especially in windy conditions of the English Channel. This rendered them
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth ’s Background Elizabeth I was born September 7‚ 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the second daughter of King Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn. Elizabeth ’s had an older half-sister Mary and a younger half-brother‚ Edward. Elizabeth had a remarkable intelligence from a very young age. She
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sailors. And with the leaders Queen Elizabeth 1st for the English and King Phillip 2nd. And the lord high admirals Sir Francis Drake for England and Duke of Meding Sidonia. The armada started for many reasons like the piracy‚ death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even before the Spanish set sail like in 1587 Drake attacked a large number of ships at the Cadiz harbour‚ then the barrels of food and drink went mouldy and sour because
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no wealth‚ no advanced Indian civilization‚ no agriculture‚ no pottery‚ no domesticated animals (except dogs)‚ and no Northwest Passage (leading to)‚ so Spain was disinterested in it. Later in 1579‚ Sir Francis Drake discovered New Albion (Nova Albion) north of New Spain‚ where a harbor‚ now Drakes Bay‚ stood‚ but the English too‚ were uninterested. In 1602‚ Sebastián Vizcaíno’s mapping of coastal California‚ led to the naming San Diego‚ Catalina Island‚ and Santa Barbara. He brought interest to Monterey
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Elizabeth at Tilbury‚ The Sixteenth Century Journal‚ Vol. 23‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1992)‚ pp. 95-114 Jensen. D.L‚ The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe‚ The Sixteenth Century Journal‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 1988)‚ pp. 621-641 Kelsey. H‚ Sir Francis Drake: The Queen ’s Pirate‚ (Yale Nota Bene‚ 2000) Hirschman. E.C‚ Back to the future: Islamic Spain as a model for marketing efflorescence‚ Marketing Theory‚ December (2013) vol. 13 no. 4‚ pp. 513-520‚ Martin. C‚ Geoffrey Parker‚ The Spanish Armada:
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mercantilism was a human cost situation and they did not hesitate to send wave after wave of settlers. Even making it seem appealing to the poor‚ and legislating to empower private companies‚ draw out investors‚ and find families to send. After Sir Francis Drake brought back that first bounty‚ nearly 3 times the Queens annual salary‚ you really see England go all in on establishing colonies and asserting its power across the ocean. Before this time it seemed that England was fine stealing from the Spanish
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