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3 days ago · Sir Francis Drake ( c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall.
4 days ago · Cast of Elizabeth. Movie ( 1998) • 61 total actors • 124 minutes. The movie Elizabeth features an impressive cast portraying key historical figures during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The cast includes acclaimed actors such as Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, and Joseph Fiennes.
5 days ago · Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
4 days ago · The Queen prohibited any publication about the English Armada (also known as the Counter-Armada or Drake-Norris expedition) trying, successfully, to hide the disastrous result suffered by the English in that military campaign on the Iberian mainland.
5 days ago · Interior designer Elizabeth Drake tells us that chenille has always been a staple in a designer’s material library but adds that it's perhaps forgotten during the most recent rise of...
1 day ago · Roanoke Colony ( / ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
2 days ago · Mary's legacy is carried on by her loving husband, Melvin Clemans, her daughter Elizabeth Drake, her son Daniel Everhart, and her three grandchildren, Caleb Drake, Hope Taylor, and Raina Hill.
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