1. By: Megan Sitzmann

2. The Greatest
Explorer Of All
Times
Sir Francis Drake was a
terrific man, one of his
major accomplishments
was that he was the first
Englishman to
successfully sail around
the world. When he was
18, he started his career
in ship trade. He also
helped defeat the
Spanish. That is why he
should be explorer of
the year.

3. Sir Francis
Drake
Sir Francis Drake was
born in either
1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 154
4, or 1545 and died in
1596.
He was born in a
cottage in England.
He was the oldest of
eleven brothers.

4. Shipwrecked
When Sir Fracis Drake was 24
while he was on a ship, they hit
something(he didn’t know
what it was) they sunk but he
escaped. In 1583 hi wife died
unexpected, he soon married
Elizabeth Seydenham, one of
the worlds wealthiest woman.

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6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 www.Thinkquest.org.
 www.enchantedlearning.com
 Pictures from www.Google.com