Francis Drake: The Privateer and Explorer Extraordinaire

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[casper]

Me who played the uncharted games: ah yes the guy who got killed by zombies

[ryanrizzo]

A father figure of mine passed away this year. Today was his birthday. He carried a picture of Francias Drake so that he could tell his barber what he wanted his beard to look like. It's serendipitous that Drake's Biographic came out today. Cheers, Keith. Rest in Peace.

[LaylaSpellwind]

The difference beetween Naval War Hero and Deadly Pirate depends entirely on who you ask. =D

[cyrix]

"Greatness from small beginnings"

[TheseUseless]

Francis Drake: The Privateer, Explorer Extraordinaire, And Ancestor Of Nathan Drake

[ignitionfrn]

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early Years
5:00 - Chapter 2 - Privateering profiteering
10:50 - Mid roll ads
12:25 - Chapter 3 - Around the world
18:35 - Chapter 4 - War of the armadas
21:40 - Chapter 5 - Decline & death

[hybridhr]

Hope you do a video about his decedents Nathan and Samuel.

[ethanramos]

“There must be a beginning of a any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory”
Sir Francis Drake

[gd_]

Petition for Simon to do a biographics on Unsinkable Sam, the cat that survived three sinking ships during the Second World War.

[daveypeanuts]

When are we getting a Simon Whistler biographic?

[gerlanto]

Simon it's hind as in beHIND not hind as in HINDer, other than that another excellent video.

[ollie]

Oh yeah baby! Simon putting Tavistock on the map!

[SkunkApe]

Definitely one of the most fascinating figures to grace the pages of Naval history. I'm always surprised at how few people actually know about this man.

[Woody_Florida]

Drake was a brave man and an English patriot at a time when that was needed. He helped build his nation and set it on the glorious path Britain blazed in the next couple centuries!

[Dass_Jennir]

15:01 My father is from Puerto San Julián, a shame it isn’t that well known here in Argentina, giving all the history behind it.

[andyroo]

Do Paddy mayne, legendary British soldier who was one of the first soldiers in the SAS

[dazsmith]

Now we've seen Francis Drake, can we see Walter Raleigh next? I think the two would sit well next to each other.

[Linora]

As a descendant of his brother I’m very excited to see this! This is the one I’ve been waiting for!

[theawesomeman]

Sir Francis Drake is so fascinating! Wish he had a movie or TV series for me to watch!

[buclebucle]

It is that if we look in history we will see that there were Spanish corsairs with a much more successful career than that of Francis Drake and other English pirates who in most cases died violently and in frank decline. For example, the Spanish corsair Amaro Pargo had a much more successful and long career than, for example, Blackbeard. Amaro not only was able to survive piracy, but he died peacefully in his house after having achieved nobility and being one of the richest people in Spain at the time. That really is a successful career and worthy of being remembered.