Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Francis Drake across 4 places, from 1578 to 1581.
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Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being the first English expedition to accomplish this).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Francis Drake was documented, and when
September 1578month
Englandattested“A few weeks later in September 1578 Drake made it to the Pacific, but violent storms destroyed one of the three ships, Marigold (captained by John Thomas) in the strait and caused another, Elizabeth, captained by John Wynter, to return t…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
September 1578month
Pacificattested“A few weeks later in September 1578 Drake made it to the Pacific, but violent storms destroyed one of the three ships, Marigold (captained by John Thomas) in the strait and caused another, Elizabeth, captained by John Wynter, to return t…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
1581year
Tavistockattested“File:Francis Drake, por un artista anónimo.jpg|This portrait, 1581, is at the National Portrait Gallery, London File:DrakeStatueTavistock.jpg|Bronze statue in Tavistock, the parish in which he was born, by Joseph Boehm, 1883”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
1581year
National Portrait Gallery, Londonattested“File:Francis Drake, por un artista anónimo.jpg|This portrait, 1581, is at the National Portrait Gallery, London File:DrakeStatueTavistock.jpg|Bronze statue in Tavistock, the parish in which he was born, by Joseph Boehm, 1883”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
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National Portrait Gallery, London1 presence · 1581
Tavistock1 presence · 1581
Other places tied to Francis Drake in the record
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1549year
Devonmentioned“Due to religious persecution during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549, the Drake family fled from Devon to Kent.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
1549year
Kentmentioned“Due to religious persecution during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549, the Drake family fled from Devon to Kent.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
4 July 1569exact date
Plymouthmentioned“Francis Drake married Mary Newman at St Budeaux church near Plymouth, on 4 July 1569.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
4 July 1569exact date
St Budeauxmentioned“Francis Drake married Mary Newman at St Budeaux church near Plymouth, on 4 July 1569.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
24 May 1572exact date
Plymouthmentioned“Drake left Plymouth on 24 May 1572, with a crew of 73 men in two small vessels, Pascha (70 tons) and Swan (25 tons), to capture Nombre de Dios.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
1 April 1573exact date
Nombre de Dios, Colónmentioned“Among Drake's adventures along the Spanish Main, his capture of the Spanish Silver Train at Nombre de Dios on 1 April 1573 made him rich and famous.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
August 1573month
Plymouthmentioned“Then he laughed, pulled a quoit of Spanish gold from his clothes and said, "Our voyage is made." By the second week of August 1573, he had returned to Plymouth.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
15 November 1577exact date
Plymouthmentioned“Drake and the fleet set out from Plymouth on 15 November 1577, but bad weather threatened him and his fleet.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
January 1580month
Celebes Seamentioned“In January 1580, when Drake became stranded upon a reef off the Celebes Sea, the ship's chaplain, Francis Fletcher, suggested in a sermon that the woes of the voyage were connected to the unjust demise of Doughty.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
1580year
Yelverton, Devonmentioned“In 1580, Drake purchased Buckland Abbey, a large manor house near Yelverton, Devon, via intermediaries from Sir Richard Grenville.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
22 July 1580exact date
Sierra Leonementioned“He made multiple stops on his way toward the tip of Africa, eventually rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and reached Sierra Leone by 22 July 1580.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
26 September 1580exact date
Plymouthmentioned“On 26 September 1580, Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth with Drake and 59 remaining crew aboard, along with a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasures.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
4 April 1581exact date
Deptfordmentioned“Queen Elizabeth awarded Drake a knighthood aboard Golden Hind in Deptford on 4 April 1581; the dubbing being performed by a French diplomat, Monsieur de Marchaumont, who was negotiating for Elizabeth to marry the King of France's brother…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
September 1585month
Plymouthmentioned“An expedition left Plymouth in September 1585 with Drake in command of twenty-one ships with 1,800 soldiers under Christopher Carleill.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Drake
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