• Sir Francis Drake was born in 1541 or 1542 in Tavistock, Devon, England.
• He was a sailor, adventurer, navigator, politician, engineer, landowner, and a legend.
• He is best remembered for his involvement in the Spanish Armada in 1588 and for circumnavigating the globe on his famous World Voyage.
• On 28th January 1596, Sir Francis Drake died of dysentery aged about 55.
• Drake's circumnavigation began in 1577 and he returned to England in 1580.

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Key problems Drake faced on his around-the-world voyage:

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1. His crew were mutinous​

2. His boat was damaged by storms when it first set out

3. The boat ran aground on a reef on its return to England

4. Many of the crew suffered diseases





KEY WORDS:

Circumnavigating the globe: sailing around the world

Dysentery: an infection of the intestines that was common in Tudor sailors

​Mutinous: disobedient; refusing to obey the orders of the person in charge

​Run aground: to go onto/on the store, a reef or the bottom of the sea