Drake, Sir Francis, (1540-1596), Knight, pirate, sea captain and explorer

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Surname:	Drake
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Francis
Gender:	Male
Date:	1540-1596
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Drake, Sir Francis (? 1540-1596) Knight Circumnavigator and Admiral
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P163018 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P8454 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Francis Drake

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	papers (18 items)	Buckland Abbey		See Annual Report of the Friends of the Nat Libraries 1962
2	1577: abstract of voyage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton MS Otto e viii
3	1587: account of his final voyage by Robert Leng	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 21,620	See British Library index of manuscripts
4	1587: letter to Lord Burghley rel to the preparations for the invasion of England	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
5	misc letters and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton MSS
6	misc papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harleian MSS
7	will, dated 30th May 1588 (the day he set sail against the Armada)	Karpeles Manuscript Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)