THE VOYAGES OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. 
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THE VOYAGES OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY W. H. K. WRIGHT, F.R.H.S. 
(Read 10th March, 1887.) 
General interest in Drake's history of late. His position as 
Navigator. Naval Commander and Engineer. Testimony as to 
the importance of Drake's national services. Reputed piratical 
proclivities. Early voyages. Voyage to the West Indies and 
Spanish Main, 1572-73. "The famous voyage of Sir Francis 
Drake into the South Sea, and therehence about the whole globe 
of the earth, begun in the year of our Lord, 1577." Drake's 
home-coming after the voyage of circumnavigation. Results of 
the voyage. Commercial results. Some points of Natural 
History first made known by Sir Francis Drake. Voyage to 
the West Indies, 1585-6. Expedition to Cadiz, 1587. Spanish 
Armada, 1588. Expedition to Corunna, 1589. Drake's last 
voyage and death, 1596. His general character. Eulogiums 
paid to his memory. 
