Francis Drake

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkb:naval_officer
gptkb:person
gptkb:pirate
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Anglo-Spanish_War
Elizabethan era
gptkbp:awards gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1540
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tavistock,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace at sea, off Portobelo, Panama
gptkbp:circumnavigationEnd 1580
gptkbp:circumnavigationStart 1577
gptkbp:deathDate 28 January 1596
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Portobelo,_Panama
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Golden_Hind
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Spanish_Armada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francis Drake
gptkbp:knighted gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
1581
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Drake's_Drum_legend
Drake Passage named after him
numerous places named after him
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableFor circumnavigation of the globe
first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588
raids on Spanish possessions in the Americas
gptkbp:notableMission attack on Nombre de Dios
expedition to the West Indies
raid on Cadiz
gptkbp:occupation politician
sea captain
slave trade
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Edmund_Drake
gptkb:Mary_Mylwaye
gptkbp:parliamentaryService Member of Parliament for Bossiney
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Portrait_of_Sir_Francis_Drake_by_Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Younger
gptkbp:rank Vice Admiral
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:roleInSpanishArmada Vice Admiral
gptkbp:signature Francis Drake signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Sydenham
gptkb:Mary_Newman
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elizabeth_I
gptkb:Tudor_period
gptkb:Spanish_Armada
gptkb:Age_of_Sail
gptkb:Elizabethan_England
gptkb:Isabel_I_de_Inglaterra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5