Francis Drake was born in Devon, England, in around 1540.
He went to sea at an early age and in 1563 became the first Englishman to sell slaves from Africa in the New World. The Spanish called him a pirate because of his expedition against Spanish ports in the Caribbean.
In December 1577 Drake was secretly sent by Queen Elizabeth I to set off on an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast. He left his homeland with 5 ships under his command, but by the time he reached the Pacific Ocean in October 1578 only one was left.
Drake travelled up the west coast of South America hoping to find a route across to the Atlantic but then he turned south and crossed the Pacific.
Despite all the difficulties Drake arrived in England in September 1580 with his ship filled with gold and spices.
That is how he became the first Englishman to sail around the world. Because of this the Queen made him a knight.
Besides this achievement Sir Francis Drake is known for his participation in the war between England and Spain. In 1588 he was a vice admiral in the fleet that defeated the Armada, the Spanish Fleet.
Opening of mikhail lomonosov had enriched many branches of knowledge. developed the atomic-molecular understanding of the structure of matter. during the rule of the theory of calorie argued that the heat caused by the motion of the particles. formulated the principle of conservation of matter and motion. excluded the phlogiston from among the chemical agents. laid the foundations of physical chemistry. studied the atmospheric electricity and gravity. he put forward the theory of color. created a number of optical devices. opened the atmosphere at venereal lomonosov was born on november 19, 1711, in the village denisovka (now lomonosovo settlement) in the family of pomor. in 19 years left to go to school (1731 at the slavonic-greek-latin academy in moscow from 1735 at the academic university in st. petersburg, in 1736-41 in germany). from 1742 associate with 1745 academician of the petersburg academy of sciences.
Opening mikhail lomonosov enriched many branches of knowledge . developed atomic-molecular representation of the structure of matter . during the rule of the caloric theory maintained that heat due to the motion of corpuscles . formulated the principle of conservation of matter and motion. foreclosed phlogiston number of chemical agents. laid the foundations of physical chemistry. researched atmospheric electricity and gravity. color theory put forward . created a number of optical devices. opened to the atmosphere venere.mihail lomonosov was born november 19, 1711 in the village denisovka ( now the village lomonosovo ) family of pomorie. at age 19, went to study ( from 1731 to the slavic-greek -latin academy in moscow, from 1735 at the academic university in st. petersburg , in 1736-41 in germany). since 1742 associate , 1745 academician of the petersburg academy of sciences .
Francis Drake was born in Devon, England, in around 1540.
He went to sea at an early age and in 1563 became the first Englishman to sell slaves from Africa in the New World. The Spanish called him a pirate because of his expedition against Spanish ports in the Caribbean.
In December 1577 Drake was secretly sent by Queen Elizabeth I to set off on an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast. He left his homeland with 5 ships under his command, but by the time he reached the Pacific Ocean in October 1578 only one was left.
Drake travelled up the west coast of South America hoping to find a route across to the Atlantic but then he turned south and crossed the Pacific.
Despite all the difficulties Drake arrived in England in September 1580 with his ship filled with gold and spices.
That is how he became the first Englishman to sail around the world. Because of this the Queen made him a knight.
Besides this achievement Sir Francis Drake is known for his participation in the war between England and Spain. In 1588 he was a vice admiral in the fleet that defeated the Armada, the Spanish Fleet.
Drake died in Panama on 28 January 1596.