why francis drake was important? i DONT what his Accomplishments, ONLY info on things he changed/importance?

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why francis drake was important? i DONT what his Accomplishments, ONLY info on things he changed/importance

Answer 1

He helped expand the British empire and influence on the world's economic trade.
But he was not a real noble explorer, he was basically a pirate, stealing from other nationalities
I live next door to a Sir Francis Drake High School in California and their mascot is the "Pirates"

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I'm not the least bit sure what you want, his accomplishments are inexorably tied up in the things he changed.

He changed the social status of his family by obtaining a knighthood. This is most important only if you are a member of his family however, or a friend looking for patronage

He was able to follow the Spanish into the Pacific Ocean making it possible to attack Spanish shipping on two fronts. This changed the way and the amount the Spanish had to expend in resources (ships, fortifications, soldiers) to protect themselves in the their Pacific overseas empire , and so did not have those resources to use against England at home.



The accomplishments that you don't want to hear about allowed him, along with his associates, to have political influence in the navy, making his opinions about ship design, maintaining a standing navy, naval armaments, aggressive naval strategy worth listening to in the corridors of power. This allowed a small island in the North Atlantic, who had minimal naval resources up till then, to begin to be come the The British Empire controlling the worlds oceans within a hundred years. I don't mean to imply that this is Drake's accomplishment alone, but he was certainly a player.

Since the question is so ambiguous that's about it, unless you can provide some feedback. I hope this stuff clairifies your thinking on what sorts of things you want to know.

Answer 4

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – January 28, 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, slave trader, politician and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era, considered by many a pirate. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Accomplishments:
Drake crossed from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Magellan Strait, after which a storm blew his ship so far south that he realized that Tierra del Fuego was not part of a southern continent, as was believed at that time. This voyage established Drake as the first Antarctic explorer, as his furthest south of at least 56 degrees (as evidenced by astronomical data quoted in Haklyut's "The Principall Navigators", 1589) was not surpassed until James Cook's voyage of 1773, and was the first known occasion that any explorer had travelled further south than any other human being.

Hailed as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the Earth (and the second such voyage overall, after Magellan's in 1520). On his return, his plunder during that trip was taxed so that the Queen's half-share of the cargo surpassed the rest of the crown's income for that entire year.

When war broke out between Spain and England in 1585. Drake sailed to the New World and sacked the ports of Santo Domingo and Cartagena. On the return leg of the voyage, he captured the Spanish fort of San Augustine in Florida. These exploits encouraged Philip II of Spain to order the planning for an invasion of England.

In a pre-emptive strike, Drake "singed the King of Spain's beard" by sailing a fleet into Cadiz, one of Spain's main ports, and occupied the harbor for three days, capturing six ships and destroying 31 others as well as a large quantity of stores. The attack delayed the Spanish invasion by a year.

Drake was vice admiral in command of the English fleet (under Lord Howard of Effingham) when it overcame the Spanish Armada that was attempting to invade England in 1588

Answer 5

he made a map of the world though seems like an accomplishment, would definitely to me fit under important think of how often you use maps today so that would seem even more amazing given the era he did this in! this part is speculation not all historians agree on these,its said he also claimed land here in America for England , so that changed the boundaries of a country ,sorta like Alaska to us today. money he took from the Spanish, he supposedly gave a significant amount back to the queen who was able to pay off debt for England, relating to us, think how amazing our economy could be if our own national debt was not so astronomical.
these things would not only be accomplishments but definitely important and life changing for alot of people in England