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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Sir Francis Drake put into Drakes Bay in the Sixteenth Century for repairs to his ship and visited with the Miwok people.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Sir Francis Drake continues inland to Fairfax , along a series of grassy hills dotted with trees.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Sir Francis Drake touched the southern coast in 1579 on his search for a northern sea passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Sir Francis Drake was one of the great explorers of the Elizabethan age.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Sir Francis Drake leads a squadron of 5 ships and 166 men on a round-the-world raiding expedition against the Spanish.
When Sir Francis Drake raided ports along the South American coast he was forced to flee from the Spanish ships.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Sir Francis Drakes home - Buckland Abbey - is nearby as is The Hoe where he played bowls before sailing to fight The Armada.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Francis Drake was knighted in Deptford by Elizabeth 1 after his round the world voyage and Sir Walter Raleigh, the scourge of the Spanish Navy, set sail from here in 1589.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English explorer who had sailed around the world, was crossing the Thames River when a violent storm threatened to capsize his boat.
Sir Francis Chichester was knighted close to this spot by Queen Elizabeth II using the same sword that Queen Elizabeth I used to knight Sir Francis Drake.
But Sir Francis Drake played a game of bowls before he went to war against the Spanish Armada.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Sir Francis Drake arranged the defense strategies and led England to one of it most spectacular victories 2.
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