Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (kk 1540 – 28 Januari, 1596) merupakan tentera upahan (England privateer), pakar pandu arah, wira tentera laut, ahli politik, pedagang hamba-abdi dan jurutera am pada Zaman Elizabeth. Dia merupakan orang Inggeris pertama mengelilingi bumi, dari tahun 1577 sehingga 1580. 

Pada tahun 1579, Drake mendarat di utara California, atau kemungkinannya lebih utara di Oregon ataupun Barat Laut Pasifik (lokasi sebenar masih diperdebatkan oleh ahli sejarah) dan menuntut tanah sebagai "Nova Albion" untuk takhta England. Peta yang dihasilkan selepas itu mempunyai "Nova Albion" ditulis bagi keseluruhan sempadan utara New Spain.

Rujukan

Bibliografi 
Bawlf, Samuel (2003) The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577–1580 Walker & Company ISBN 0802714056
Corbett, Julian Stafford 1890. Sir Francis Drake.
Hughes-Hallett, Lucy (2004) Heroes: A History of Hero Worship Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York. ISBN 1-4000-4399-9
Kelsey, Harry (1998) Sir Francis Drake, the Queen's Pirate New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300071825
Mattingly, Garett (1959) The Defeat of the Spanish Armada ISBN 0-395-08366-4—a detailed account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, it received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee in 1960
Merideth, Mrs Charles, Notes and Sketches of New South Wales, during a residence in that colony from 1839 to 1844; Bound With: "Life of Drake" by John Barrow (1st ed, 1844) [xi, 164; and xii, 187 pp. respectfully]
Rodger, N.A.M. The Safeguard of the Sea; A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 (London, 1997)
Wilson, Derek (1977) The World Encompassed: Drake’s Great Voyage, 1577–80. Harper & Row. ISBN 0060146796

Pautan luar 

The Circumnavigation
Google Earth Tour of Drake's Circumnavigation
Lesson plans for classroom use 

Tapak-tapak umum
Francis Drake
Hand-colored map depicting Sir Francis Drake's attack on Saint Augustine from the State Archives of Florida
In Drake's Wake - "The world's best Drake resource"
Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake at the Library of Congress
Mission to rescue Drake's body
Oliver Seeler's website "Sir Francis Drake"
Drake's methods of Navigation 

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