Francis Drake

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Deutsch: Francis Drake (ca. 1540–1596) war ein englischer Freibeuter, Entdecker und Admiral und der erste englische Weltumsegler.
Eesti: Francis Drake (ca.1540–1596) oli Inglise meresõitja.
English: Francis Drake (c. 1540–1596) was an English privateer, navigator, slave trader, politician and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era.
Français : Francis Drake (vers 1540 – 1596) était un corsaire et explorateur anglais.

[edit] Portraits

[edit] Contemporary portraits

Sir Francis Drake (unknown artist, post 1580)

Portrait Miniature of Sir Francis Drake painted by the limner Nicholas Hilliard (1581)

Marcus Gheeraerts, Sir Francis Drake, Buckland Abbey, Devon (post 1590)

[edit] Family Members

Elizabeth Sydenham, 2nd wife of Sir Francis Drake

[edit] Other Portraits

	Sir Francis Drake Revived, London 1626.	Detail from Sir Francis Drake Revived, London 1626
Sir Francis Drake by Crispin de Passe	Sir Francis Drake in The world encompassed

[edit] Prints

Capture of the Cacafuego, from Kurtze … Relation … der wunderbarsten vier Schiffarten, Frankfurt 1626

Francis Drake’s Hat Stolen by Indians near Río de la Plata. Copperplate engraving from Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien, Frankfurt 1655

The Indians of California Greet Sir Francis Drake. engraving by Theodore de Bry

The defense of Cadiz against Sir Francis Drake, painted by Zurbarán 1634

[edit] Maps

Nicola van Sype, La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck … (1581)	Robert Vaughan, A New and accurate Mappe of the World, drawne according to the best and latest discoveries …	Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticae by Jodocus Hondius, colored	Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticae by Jodocus Hondius, high resolution
Detail of Nova Albion from Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticae by Jodocus Hondius	Baptista Boazio (1589), Sir Francis Drakes West Indian Voyage 1585-86	Baptista Boazio (1589), Sir Francis Drake in Santo Domingo 1585	Baptista Boazio (1589), Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585
Baptista Boazio (1589), Sir Francis Drake in St. Augustine 1586	William Borough (1587), Sir Francis Drake raids Cadiz 1587