Port of the Dragon : The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake
Port of the Dragon : The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake. Laird L Nelson
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Author: Laird L NelsonPublished Date: 17 Sep 2014
Publisher: Laird L. Nelson
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::196 pages
ISBN10: 069228284X
Dimension: 152x 229x 11mm::268g
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In 1572, Sir Francis Drake, who was an explorer, seafarer, soldier and privateer, traveled to Nombre De Dios, Panama in search of the Spanish treasure being carried from Peru across the Isthmus of Panama. Drake was given a letter of marque, which was a royal commission that would allow him to plunder Spanish ships and ports in the New World. Francis Drake was the first of twelve sons of Edmund Drake and Mary Mylwaye. Drake’s conduct as a young apprentice to a ship master was so impressive that the master later gave him his ship! When he landed in what is now California in the United States, Drake named it Nova Albion (new England)! Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, in February or March of 1544 at the earliest, when his namesake godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford was but age 17. Drake's family immediately removed to Kent where he was raised. Drake and Hawkins formed a most unhappy combination, made worse the fact that Hawkins, now old beyond his years, soured misfortune, and staled for the sea long spells of office work, was put in as a check on Drake, in whom Elizabeth had lost her former confidence. Sir Thomas Baskerville was to command the troops. Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, pirate, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition • “Port of the Dragon; The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake,” Laird L. Nelson, $14.95. The Everson writer and retired commercial salmon fisherman writes that English privateer Francis Only two small ships, the Minion,with Hawkins, and the Judith, with Drake, made their escape. The other ships, almost all the gains of the voyage, and 500 men were lost. The two ships were overburdened, and more men had to be abandoned on the Texas coast, only a few of whom ever reached England again. The fortress of El Morro guards the harbor against long-gone Sir Francis Drake and his British privateers. The colorful streets of Old San Juan retain the Latin flavor of its seafaring past, when this was the heart of the Spanish Main. Books similar to The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580 The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580 4.01 avg. Rating 237 Ratings. On September 26, 1580, Francis Drake sailed his ship, the Golden Hinde, into Plymouth Harbor on the southwest coast of England. He had long been given up for lost, and rumors quickly Sir Francis Drake's landing on the west coast of North America in 1579 has drawn the attention of scores of historians, geographers, linguists, anthropologists and other professionals. In addition, many history buffs have sought to locate Drake's New Albion. The accepted site for Drake's 1579 landing at New Albion is at Drake's Cove in Drakes Bay in Marin County, California. More than a score of ideas have been put … He won his case; and the resulting ill-feeling between the two families may account for a spiteful story told a distant connection of the Drake family [a] to the effect that when Sir Francis Drake was knighted he wished to adopt the arms borne the Drakes of Ashe, a red winged dragon on a silver ground, and that Sir Bernard refused his Francis Drake’s burial at sea off Portobello – 1883 bronze plaque Joseph Boehm #10 Sir Francis Drake was the most famous seaman of his age. 1569, Francis Drake married a Cornish woman named Mary Newman. Newton died 12 years later in 1581 and in 1585 Drake married again. Sep 12, 2011 In West Marin, you will find Drakes Bay, Drakes Estero and, the one-of-a-kind Drakes Beach Cafe. Sir Francis Drake High School, whose outstanding school newspaper is the Jolly Roger, is on Marin’s most critical east-west thoroughfare, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. And in San Francisco, there’s the popular Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Buy Port of the Dragon: The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake Laird L. Nelson (ISBN: 9780692282847) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Drake had only two ships, the Pascha and the Swan. Drake’s assault on the town seemed to be going well until Drake was wounded. His men insisted on leaving the town and getting him to safety. The rest of the mission was a complete failure. Drake lost first the Swan and then its captain, his brother John. Before he left, though, Cermeo named present-day Drake's Bay, La Bahia de San Francisco, after Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order. The fourth near-discovery occurred in 1602 when Sebastian Vizcaino, one of Cermeo's officers, sailed back to Drake… Sir Francis Drake’s plundering was so successful in the Caribbean that he ruined Spanish credit, nearly breaking the Bank of Venice to which Spain was heavily indebted. Drake gained permanent heroic status in the annals of English history playing a major role in … In 1549 King Edward VI said the prayer book should be written in English instead of in Latin. Catholics resisted this, and my family and I were forced to move to Chatham because of the violence. When I arrived back in Plymouth Harbor in 1577, I was both rich and famous. A crewmember of Sir Francis Drake tells how the next morning Drake One distinguished family member was Sir Bernard Drake. Born in 1537, the eldest son of John Drake of Ash, Sir Bernard was a contemporary of Sir Francis, and a successful captain, who also captured Portuguese and Spanish ships in the name of the Queen of England. But he wasn’t a privateer, and unlike Sir Francis, was proper landed gentry. Sir Francis Drake Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock in Devon c.1540, Francis Drake was one of the most profitable and successful Sea Dogs of all time. The eldest of 12 children, in 1563 Drake made his first voyage to the Americas, sailing with his cousin John Hawkins. In 1577, Sir Francis Drake embarked on a three-year voyage that was to make him the first Englishman to sail around the world. In his ship, the Golden Hind, he crossed the Atlantic and passed through the Strait of Magellan. He then sailed up the Pacific Coast as far as California, which he claimed for England, calling it Nova Albion ("New The Drakes Bay and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard of Marin County in the United States are named in his honour. In 1961, a British TV series titled, "Sir Francis Drake" was made. In 2009, a made-for-television movie titled, "The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake", was directed Rafael Jordan. Start studying History 1301- Exam 1. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Sir Francis Drake discovered that the colonists at Roanoke were starving. Pilgrims. Who: people from England Port Bill: closed Boston Harbor until tea was paid for Massachusetts Regulating Act: nullifying MA charter Francis Drake Author John Guy Drake, a 16th Century Explorer Ticktock Publishing-1997 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Sir Francis Drake is known for England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. He was a sea dog and he sailed around the world. Drake was actually the first one … The Farallon Islands in Time and Spacea bizarre Theory of Relativity. Southeast Farallon Island. On July 23, 1579, Francis Drake and the Golden Hind left the "conuenient and fit harborough" in Nova Albion and, almost everyone agrees, sailed to the Farallon Islands, which lie some twenty miles off the Golden Gate. Then, after topping off the larder, the Golden Hind sailed west into open Lindsay Roseberry, Reference Department 419 years ago Sir Francis Drake died of dysentery on a ship near Puerto Rico; it was his last voyage. It was fitting that this privateer, naval captain and hero to the English died at sea, on his ship. He was almost always at sea. Francis Drake was born in… Sir Francis Drake was such a man. Through his faith, courage, skill, and determination, he elevated English spirits, opened up a broader vision for the English people, deflated Spanish arrogance, and helped turn back the forces of Rome when the future of the Protestant faith hung in the balance.