why did francis drake explored?

Answer 1

In order to get rich. To make a name for himself. To claim territory for the British Crown. He had letters of Marque (a permission from his Queen to be a pirate) that allowed him to attack all Spanish shipping. He may have explored the Pacific Coasts of South and North American all the way up to Northern California (or some speculate even further). Like all explorers of his time, he also had hopes of finding a Northwest passage.

Answer 2

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, naval pioneer and raider, politician and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era, considered by many a pirate, and to the English, a privateer. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He died of dysentery while unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1596.
Francis was the second eldest of 12 children; as he was not granted legal right to his father's farm, he had to find his own career. At about the age of 13 Francis took to the sea on a cargo barque, becoming master of the ship at the age of 20. He spent his early career honing his sailing skills on the difficult waters of the North Sea, and after the death of the captain for whom he was sailing he became master of his own barque. At age 23, Drake made his first voyage to the New World under the sails of the Hawkins family of Plymouth, in company with his cousin, Sir John Hawkins. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English slave-trading expeditions, making his fortune through the sale of West Africans.

Answer 3

S. America