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"Drake" The very definition of a real man.I grew up on "Sir Francois Drake boulevard ",Swimming with the sharks in "Drakes Bay, calif.",my middle name is "Francois",Some of my best friends went to "Drake High School"....Many a function i attended had references to "Sir Francois Drake"......I Now reside in a small mountain town of" Drake"colorado....I simply can't get away from the "Fella"....I would have gone to adventure with him any where, any time....Bad Ass England was lucky to have had ,and have his "Mighty Spirit"....Thank you
Look up the phrase "badass" in the dictionary and you'll find Sir Francis Drake's picture next to it. Few mariners have ever had such mighty brass-clad cannonballs.
@@SuperPiratesfan I hate this American mangling of the beautiful English language. Just settle for “Americanese” and keep the deliberate, asinine, infantile destruction for yourselves. Ditto goes for “Strine” but to a lesser extent.
“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory” Sir Francis Drake
As someone who most definitely chooses "Trek" over "Wars", I must say I take a great delight every time a historical documentary uses the phrase "resistance is futile" (is/was!). The juxtaposition of the origin of the phrase and the context in which it is used is most pleasing to me :)
Cringe comment and "resistance is futile" is such a pop culture thing that I'd wager most people familiar with the phrase have never watched Star Trek.
@@cm9241 Oh no! A random doesn't like my comment, however shall I cope with this travesty?! Do yourself a favour, Google stuff before you dismiss it. Unless you like flaunting your ignorance of course. Silly sausage.
In Spain in the old days they used to chastise children with, Drake is going to get you.😅 Similarly in France, the name of Old Talbot, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was likewise invoked.
My family is indirectly related to sir Frances drakes niece from his sister if I remember correctly. Lol no wonder why I have a love for the music of Alestorm and RumAhoy! 😂
Well, that would've been the inclement weather. But I suppose it does behoove the English to fabricate legends to make up for their own weakness and incompetence.
28:36 I love maps. I LOVE your People Profiles videos. I would love it if you would use more / better maps. The map at 28:36 lacks key labels (like "Drake's Passage"!) and the thickness / placement of the line seems to obscure what you're trying to show... Thank you for all your wonderful videos 🙏
Drake was a genius when it came to navigation, HE IS THE FIRST and only person who circumvented the entire world ALIVE, Magellan may have wanted to do so but sadly for him only his dead body "accomplished" that
Magellan's dead body likely remained in Philippines where he was killed. Too bad for Drake but the first one to circumvented the entire world alive was elcano (one of Magellan's lieutenants) and 18 of his crew members still alive.
@@robert-surcouf Technically you are right but Elcano was not the leader of this voyage. Credits and glories are given to the captains, Elcano was not celebrated in Spain if I am not mistaken nor given any official credit. Elcano also completed his voyage after years of misery in the east before being allowed to continue drake completed it in one go
@@smythharris2635No ; is ElCano is an your name is Juan Sebastián ElCano ; Basque Country in this time is Castille Kingdom the historians prefer write ElCano .
Hi. I think Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 28.1.1596), a very interesting and clever man for the time and reign of Queen Elizabeth I (7.9.1533 - 24.3.1603). I don't know how he became a clever and resourceful man of his time, but I'd guess he had a lot of practice on how to become one. Didn't he? He is most well known for leading and helping the English army against the bigger and more dangerous Catholic Spanish Amarda. The size of the two armies is unclear to me, but I'd estimate the English army to be about 16,000, and the Spanish army was at least 55,000 strong. He wasn't alone when that time neared and arrived, as John Hawkins and Sir Walter Raleigh joined him in leading the English army against the bigger Catholic Spanish army. It's often said and thought he decided to play and finish a game of bowls at Plymouth in Devon whilst he waited for the amarda to arrive eventually. But when it did appear, he just decided to finish the game first. I'm not sure how many English ships there were in total that were against the amarda of 130 ships in total. He also travelled around the world in late 1577 and dropped anchor in Southampton Harbour on 26th September 1580, having just been on an expedition and pinched a load of gold and other bits of loot on the way. Upon returning to England, he was knighted on the deck of his ship, The Golden Hind. However, just over 15 years after returning to England, he died of dysentery on 28 January 1596. He was at least 56 years old at the time. He was Queen Elizabeth's pet pirate due to what he brought back to England with him. Hope to hear from you shortly. Robert 9.8.24
The spanish armada actually had less ships than its english counterpart. And while it carried more men, there were not nearly close to 55.000 (actually, a fleet that big was sugested by admiral Bazán, but the king refused, considering it too expensive and also because he still had some hope of avoiding an all out war). A fleet with 55.000 men would have no need to embark troops from the spanish army in Flanders.
I lived in Spain in the seventies and my Spanish friends taunted me by calling me Geoffrey el pirata Ingles! There were other taunts too risqué to note here but nevertheless I was adopted as part of their Spanish family. Countries decide who is friend or foe but individuals choose their own friends or foes.
@@PeopleProfiles. Never a pirate. He was commissioned by the crown. Which makes him a privateer only. Technically he did pirate activities. But under a letter of marque from his monarch makes him a privatter only.
Several landmarks in northern California were named after Drake, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing into the 20th century. American historian Richard White posits that the origins of these commemorations come from 19th-century Anglo-Saxonism. Public scrutiny of these memorials intensified in 2020, after the George Floyd protests drew critical attention to place names and monuments perceived to be connected to white supremacy, colonialism, or racial injustice. Several California landmarks that commemorated Drake were removed or renamed. Citing Drake's associations with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy, Sir Francis Drake High School, in San Anselmo, California, changed its name to Archie Williams High School, after former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams. A statue of Drake in Larkspur, California was also removed by the city authorities. Multiple jurisdictions in Marin County considered renaming Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, one of its major thoroughfares, but left the name intact when they failed to reach a consensus. In San Francisco, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel was renamed the Beacon Grand Hotel.
Ah yes, presentism. By those standards one might as well ditch huge chunks of science as many great scientists were funded or sustained by overlords who held slaves.
Drake, the Queen's "Buckner" who laid siege to Cartagena de Indias in 1586; a ransom of about 300K "pesos" was paid to Drake to leave Cartagena be. On the plus side the now famous "Mojito" was originally contected to fight the tuberculosis' that was being spread because people were finally down to eating Rat meat in order to survive the siege.; later the mojito recipe traveled to Cuba, and there it became what it is today.
Calling him the man who saved England is going a little too far. The only time he had the chance todo that (1588) his performance left a lot to be desired, according to his comrades. So, unless he was the one who had the idea of using fireships, I don't think how he could claim to have saved England.
He really was an evil bastard wasn't he! Saved England did he, from the war that he started, sadly for the Spanish the only place he fired blanks was in Bed!
If England lost there would have been mass protestant burnings and England would once again bow to the pope meaning zero progress on human rights, democracy, technology,etc. no British empire,which some would say would be a good thing,but that would mean no export of those rights,law, democracy, education. And the slave trade would still be going. America would be french. And the world would bow to the pope or suffer the Spanish inquisition. An interesting world,but not necessarily a nice one
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"Drake" The very definition of a real man.I grew up on "Sir Francois Drake boulevard ",Swimming with the sharks in "Drakes Bay, calif.",my middle name is "Francois",Some of my best friends went to "Drake High School"....Many a function i attended had references to "Sir Francois Drake"......I Now reside in a small mountain town of" Drake"colorado....I simply can't get away from the "Fella"....I would have gone to adventure with him any where, any time....Bad Ass England was lucky to have had ,and have his "Mighty Spirit"....Thank you
Look up the phrase "badass" in the dictionary and you'll find Sir Francis Drake's picture next to it. Few mariners have ever had such mighty brass-clad cannonballs.
Yea, I mean he lied, stole, murdered, and forced hundreds into slavery. If he were alive now, he could run for president 😂
@@SuperPiratesfan I hate this American mangling of the beautiful English language. Just settle for “Americanese” and keep the deliberate, asinine, infantile destruction for yourselves. Ditto goes for “Strine” but to a lesser extent.
He had a little luck on his side as well.
“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory”
Sir Francis Drake
I love that he is from a Yeoman family and rose to knighthood through sheer merit.
That was an excellent episode. Thankyou for your awesome content as always.
A great documentary about a great man ❤❤❤
I only knew about his exploits in defeating the armada until I watched this video ❤❤❤
Greatness from small beginnings
"Receive my spirit" as they burn me alive. What a world.
Sir Francis Drake is one of my favorite historical figures! ❤
As someone who most definitely chooses "Trek" over "Wars", I must say I take a great delight every time a historical documentary uses the phrase "resistance is futile" (is/was!). The juxtaposition of the origin of the phrase and the context in which it is used is most pleasing to me :)
Yes me too! Been a Trekkie since the days of the original series.❤❤
Cringe comment and "resistance is futile" is such a pop culture thing that I'd wager most people familiar with the phrase have never watched Star Trek.
@@cm9241 Oh no! A random doesn't like my comment, however shall I cope with this travesty?! Do yourself a favour, Google stuff before you dismiss it. Unless you like flaunting your ignorance of course. Silly sausage.
@@cm9241 Fine. Douglas Adams' "resistence is useless". Better?
Sir John Hawkins is my ancestor and name sake.
Mine is Charlemagne. But Obama is my 12th cousin once removed 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@PakaBubiWhat a mix of good fortune with Charlmagne and infernal bad luck with the other..........ahem, person.😅😅😅
Named one of my Corgi’s after him.
Do you get the judgemental stare from them as well? 😂
In Spain in the old days they used to chastise children with, Drake is going to get you.😅 Similarly in France, the name of Old Talbot, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was likewise invoked.
Iam Spaniard and no know this and vast part of people maybe before the great defeat of English Armada in 1589.agsisnt Spain lol
@@Benito-lr8mzMy wife is Spanish, so I know.😅
Muslim families tell their children the same, but use Lionheart
I'm from Spain and that's completly false. Nobody has ever said that
My family is indirectly related to sir Frances drakes niece from his sister if I remember correctly. Lol no wonder why I have a love for the music of Alestorm and RumAhoy! 😂
The scourge of the spanish armada🎉🎉🎉🎉
Well, that would've been the inclement weather.
But I suppose it does behoove the English to fabricate legends to make up for their own weakness and incompetence.
@@zephyr8072ahh, look a little Spaniard is upset about how irrelevant his country is 😂😂
@@zephyr8072aww, a silly little Spaniard 😢 how is your poor irrelevant little country doing? 😂😂
@@zephyr8072cry harder about how much more superior Britain is to that joke of a country Spain 😂
@@dwaynefoley1020 At least Spain isn't in Russia's pocket.
This is a great video. My wife is 19th generation Great Niece of Drake. Her family name changed from Drake to Compton after his execution.
Sic Parvis Magna
-Uncharted
Super content. Congratulations!
Mary I looks like Dennis waterman in that painting (4:15) 😂
Ave Maria
Did he have beef with Duke Kendrick?
Not Like Us 16th Century Edition would be 🔥
I would like to point out the Drake was the FIRST captain to SUCCESSFULLY circumnavigate the globe.
So, what's the english definition for "first"?
Are there any movies about/with Drake?
with Drake? That would bit difficult innit?
Yes, there have been several movies and short videos reflecting Drake. Google it and find what you may want to watch.
@@PakaBubi Perhaps he was summoned by the drum.
Can I hear lots of angry Spanish noises?
I only hear noise from countries that are in any way still relevant 😂
28:36 I love maps. I LOVE your People Profiles videos. I would love it if you would use more / better maps. The map at 28:36 lacks key labels (like "Drake's Passage"!) and the thickness / placement of the line seems to obscure what you're trying to show... Thank you for all your wonderful videos 🙏
thanks i learned a lot
He's also a 5 star Rider in FGO. "She", actually.
Drake was a genius when it came to navigation, HE IS THE FIRST and only person who circumvented the entire world ALIVE, Magellan may have wanted to do so but sadly for him only his dead body "accomplished" that
Magellan's dead body likely remained in Philippines where he was killed.
Too bad for Drake but the first one to circumvented the entire world alive was elcano (one of Magellan's lieutenants) and 18 of his crew members still alive.
@@robert-surcouf Technically you are right but Elcano was not the leader of this voyage. Credits and glories are given to the captains, Elcano was not celebrated in Spain if I am not mistaken nor given any official credit. Elcano also completed his voyage after years of misery in the east before being allowed to continue drake completed it in one go
@@efibrilovski6374Elcano was a Basque. Elkano.
OMG! Lol the first person in around the world is Spanish ElCano 60 years before in 1.522 ; back to School
@@smythharris2635No ; is ElCano is an your name is Juan Sebastián ElCano ; Basque Country in this time is Castille Kingdom the historians prefer write ElCano .
Interesting video
Hi. I think Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 28.1.1596), a very interesting and clever man for the time and reign of Queen Elizabeth I (7.9.1533 - 24.3.1603). I don't know how he became a clever and resourceful man of his time, but I'd guess he had a lot of practice on how to become one. Didn't he? He is most well known for leading and helping the English army against the bigger and more dangerous Catholic Spanish Amarda.
The size of the two armies is unclear to me, but I'd estimate the English army to be about 16,000, and the Spanish army was at least 55,000 strong. He wasn't alone when that time neared and arrived, as John Hawkins and Sir Walter Raleigh joined him in leading the English army against the bigger Catholic Spanish army.
It's often said and thought he decided to play and finish a game of bowls at Plymouth in Devon whilst he waited for the amarda to arrive eventually. But when it did appear, he just decided to finish the game first. I'm not sure how many English ships there were in total that were against the amarda of 130 ships in total.
He also travelled around the world in late 1577 and dropped anchor in Southampton Harbour on 26th September 1580, having just been on an expedition and pinched a load of gold and other bits of loot on the way. Upon returning to England, he was knighted on the deck of his ship, The Golden Hind. However, just over 15 years after returning to England, he died of dysentery on 28 January 1596. He was at least 56 years old at the time. He was Queen Elizabeth's pet pirate due to what he brought back to England with him.
Hope to hear from you shortly.
Robert 9.8.24
No know the great defeat of English Armada agaisnt Spain in 1589 Drake almost die
The spanish armada actually had less ships than its english counterpart. And while it carried more men, there were not nearly close to 55.000 (actually, a fleet that big was sugested by admiral Bazán, but the king refused, considering it too expensive and also because he still had some hope of avoiding an all out war). A fleet with 55.000 men would have no need to embark troops from the spanish army in Flanders.
Francis Drake - The original ‘Loose Cannon’
I lived in Spain in the seventies and my Spanish friends taunted me by calling me Geoffrey el pirata Ingles! There were other taunts too risqué to note here but nevertheless I was adopted as part of their Spanish family. Countries decide who is friend or foe but individuals choose their own friends or foes.
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He was a privateer. Not a pirate.
He was both.
@@PeopleProfiles. Never a pirate. He was commissioned by the crown. Which makes him a privateer only. Technically he did pirate activities. But under a letter of marque from his monarch makes him a privatter only.
@@anonfaceless6088 A rose by any other name ... Privateers were state sanctioned pirates.
@@Splucked true. But in a historical context you wouldn't be hanged from being a privateer. Yet you would a pirate.
@@anonfaceless6088 PRIVATEER. A least get the spelling right.
they not like us!
Several landmarks in northern California were named after Drake, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing into the 20th century.
American historian Richard White posits that the origins of these commemorations come from 19th-century Anglo-Saxonism.
Public scrutiny of these memorials intensified in 2020, after the George Floyd protests drew critical attention to place names and monuments perceived to be connected to white supremacy, colonialism, or racial injustice.
Several California landmarks that commemorated Drake were removed or renamed.
Citing Drake's associations with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy, Sir Francis Drake High School, in San Anselmo, California, changed its name to Archie Williams High School, after former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams.
A statue of Drake in Larkspur, California was also removed by the city authorities.
Multiple jurisdictions in Marin County considered renaming Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, one of its major thoroughfares, but left the name intact when they failed to reach a consensus.
In San Francisco, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel was renamed the Beacon Grand Hotel.
Ah yes, presentism. By those standards one might as well ditch huge chunks of science as many great scientists were funded or sustained by overlords who held slaves.
Drake, the Queen's "Buckner" who laid siege to Cartagena de Indias in 1586; a ransom of about 300K "pesos" was paid to Drake to leave Cartagena be. On the plus side the now famous "Mojito" was originally contected to fight the tuberculosis' that was being spread because people were finally down to eating Rat meat in order to survive the siege.; later the mojito recipe traveled to Cuba, and there it became what it is today.
The BRAVE English among us....
Brave..
We Not Like Him, what a crazy life
You could make a film about him and nobody would believe it’s true.
The man known to history as James Cook
👍
The BRAVE English.
He had permission from the queen, Pirates didn't
No war declared means it was piracy. Government sponsored terrorism is still terrorism, so, why not for piracy?
They Not Like Us 😂
Calling him the man who saved England is going a little too far. The only time he had the chance todo that (1588) his performance left a lot to be desired, according to his comrades. So, unless he was the one who had the idea of using fireships, I don't think how he could claim to have saved England.
Sic Parvis Magna
He really was an evil bastard wasn't he! Saved England did he, from the war that he started, sadly for the Spanish the only place he fired blanks was in Bed!
FIRST
most despicable man in history
I think he was both those things tbh
5th, 9 August 2024
Not known the history fir exemple Drake is great loose in Englush Armada agaisnt Spain ,in 1589 almost die for exemple .
That’s definitely some words
Fortunately, Spain defeat him.
English always pirates.
He was rewarded with stolen Irish lands
No one cares about Ireland 😂
Saving england is not a good thing.
Papist
Speaking from England, I'll take it.
That's one opinion I suppose! Any particular reason you hold it?
Happily, many disagree
If England lost there would have been mass protestant burnings and England would once again bow to the pope meaning zero progress on human rights, democracy, technology,etc. no British empire,which some would say would be a good thing,but that would mean no export of those rights,law, democracy, education. And the slave trade would still be going. America would be french. And the world would bow to the pope or suffer the Spanish inquisition. An interesting world,but not necessarily a nice one