Francis+Drake


 * Francis Drake**
 * About Francis Drake's life**
 * Was born in Tavistock,Devon, February or march of 1544.**
 * Francis Drake was reportedly named after his Godfather Drancis Rusell, 2nd earl of bedfored.**


 * Where he came from**
 * He came from England**
 * Drake was born in a cottage mde of rough trees.**

**Near Panama on a voyage to attack the Spanish in the West Indies.**
 * What he discovered on his journey**
 * He discovered that Tierra del Fuego, to the south of the straits of Magellan.**
 * Sir Francis Drake’s last voyage was in 1595, he was on his way to attack the Spanish that were coming back from trading with trading posts in the New World.**
 * On voyages Sir Francis Drake was mainly supposed to find treasures like pearls, diamonds, rubies and this last one is what they mainly wanted, was gold.**
 * When and how Francis drake died**
 * Sir Francis died of dysentery on January 27, 1596, aged 55 while anchored off the coast of Puerto Bello Panamal.﻿**
 * Francis Drake died of fever in 1596.**

**Facts about his life** **1.****Francis Drake was born in Travistock, Devon which is near Plymouth, Devonshire sometime between 1541 and 1543.** **2.In 1581 he and his family moved to Portugal.** **3.Francis Drake was 54 years old when he died.** **4. Francis Drake married twice** **5. His first wife was Mary Newman. She died in 1583. His second wife was Elizabeth Sydenham. She died in 1585. Elizabath came from a more powerful family then Francis Drake. He had no children with either of his wives.**

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 * By: kevin and Bao**