Sir Francis Drake By Mussie Sahle Late in 1577‚ Francis Drake left England with five ships‚ ostensibly on a trading expedition to the Nile. On reaching Africa‚ the true destination was revealed to be the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Magellan‚ to the dismay of some of the accompanying gentlemen and sailors. Still in the eastern Atlantic‚ a Portuguese merchant ship and its pilot - who was to stay with Drake for 15 months - was captured‚ and the fleet crossed the Atlantic‚ via the Cape Verde
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Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock‚ Devon around the year 1540 and went to sea at an early age. In 1567‚ Drake made one of the first English slaving expeditions as part of a fleet led by his cousin John Hawkins‚ bringing African slaves to America. All but two ships of this expedition were lost when they were attacked by a Spanish squadron. After that attack‚ the Spanish became a lifelong enemy for Drake and they also considered him a pirate. In 1570 and 1571‚ Drake made two moneymaking trading
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Tia Conover 9/26/12 Period E Summary Francis Bacon was a writer during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries‚ who wrote a classic essay called “Of Studies.” The main purpose of his essay is to explain to the reader why study‚ or knowledge‚ is important. He writes about the practical uses of knowledge and how they can be applied‚ along with the benefits and uses of reading and writing. He immediately delves into the main ideas of his essay in the opening sentence‚ which states
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In his classic essay‚ “Of Studies‚” Francis Bacon explains how and why study—knowledge—is important. Along with Michel de Montaigne‚ who published his first essays less than twenty years before Francis Bacon published his first collection in 1597. Bacon is considered the father of the English essay (with Montaigne the father of the French essay). Bacon’s essays differ from Montaigne’s in being more compact and more formal. Where Montaigne conceived of the essays as an opportunity to explore
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HRE4M1(unit1) Step 1: Introduction 1. The trial that Jesus offers us to this 1st century young man in this Markan account is that he wants to teach the young man what really is important in life. Having many objects as treasure does not mean that it is something you have to have. The challenge to me and the rest of the youth as a student in the 21st century is that the different kinds of objects are seen as something very valuable. The most valuable things in life to treasure is your family and
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THE stage is more beholding to love‚ than the life of man. For as to the stage‚ love is ever matter of comedies‚ and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren‚ sometimes like a fury. You may observe‚ that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth‚ either ancient or recent) there is not one‚ that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits‚ and great business‚ do keep out this weak passion.
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’Essays’ of Francis Bacon are the first in date of classics of English prose‚ in proper sense of the term. They are used as class-books almost as much of Shakespeare’s plays. No one in English literature has ever written a greater number of essays packed with striking formulas and loaded with practical wisdom. Bacon’s Essays’ are the fruit of his close observation of human life. They have been described to be the treasure house of wisdom. ’Of Love’ is one of most famous essays of Francis Bacon. He discloses
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and after the reading. The reading consisted of an article title Sir Francis Drake a Hero or a Villain? Students had previously been learning about the Explorers who came to California in our social studies class‚ therefore students were able to fill out the KWL chart with some knowledge about Sir Francis Drake since we had covered him a little bit. I also asked students to think about what they would like to learn about Sir Francis Drake so students could become engaged with the reading by keeping
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Biography of Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was the 1st Captain to circumnavigate the globe from start to finish ALIVE. Since Magellan was killed on his journey‚ that gave Drake the distinction of being the first. Name: Sir Francis Drake Date of Birth & Death: 1540 – January 27‚ 1596 Country of Origin: England Sir Francis Drake’s Main Accomplishments Drake’s biggest major accomplishment would be the circumnavigating the world from 1577 to 1580. He is the 2nd person to circumnavigate
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Philosopher Francis Bacon was a major contributor to the Enlightenment. He was one of the most important people to the new ideas of science and how the world worked. Bacon created world changing ideas about how the world worked‚ and how science should be carried out. He modernized the idea of the scientific theory. Previously‚ many scientists who lived before him believed that you should only make a hypothesis based on logical reasoning and arguments. Bacon disagreed with them‚ saying that people
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