Franciscus Drakus
Franciscus Drakus,<ref>Nomen gentilicium varie scribitur:
 Drake: 1582: Aliqvot notae in Garciae Aromatum historiam. Eivsdem descriptiones non-nullarum stirpium, & aliarum exoticarum rerum, que à generoso viro Francisco Drake equite anglo, & his obseruatae sunt, qui cum in longa illa nauigatione,qua proximis annis vniuersum orbem circumiuit, comitati sunt: & quorundam peregrinorum fructuum quos Londini ab amicis accepit.
 Dracus: 1587: Hercusani Magnifico ac strenuo viro D. Francisco Draco Anglo equiti aurato. Carmen.
 Drakus: (1) 1588: Expeditio F. Draki in Indias occidentales. (2) 1589: Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysij & Draki in Lusitaniam.
 Draken: 1599: Theodoro à Bry compositore, Gotardi Artus Americae pars VIII: Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum . . . Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit . . . Secvndo, iter . . . Thomae Candisch . . . Tertio, duo itinera . . . Gvaltheri Ralegh . . . nec non . . . capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs . . . describitvr . . . regnum Gviana . . . Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs.
 Draco: ibidem pp. 3. 4.
 Draeck: circa 1595: Hondii imago Francisci Draek: FRANCISCVS DRAECK NOBILIMVS EQVES ANGLIÆ. AN° ÆT. SVE 45."</ref> Anglice Sir Francis Drake (natus circa 1540 Tavistochiae; mortuus prope Portum Bellum Panamae die 28 Ianuarii 1596) fuit cursarius navigatorque, primus Anglorum qui orbem terrarum circumnavigaverit.

Circumnavigationem anno 1577 suscepit, die 26 Septembris 1580 perfecit.

 Notae 

 Bibliographia 
 Fontes fere coaevi
 1582 : 
 c. 1587 : Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati, circa 1587 [tabula geographica manu scripta, Drake-Mellon map nuncupata]. imago
 1588 : 
 1589 : Walter Bygges; Thomas Cates, ed., A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage wherein were taken the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena and Saint Augustine. Londinii: Roger Ward Textus
 1589 : Walter Bygges; Thomas Cates, ed., A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage where in were taken the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine. Londinii: Richard Field Textus cum tabulis? editio interretialis; alia; Editio 1596 editio 1652
 1589 : Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysii & Draki in Lusitaniam. Londinii, 1589 Textus apud Internet Archive editio 1590
 1589 : "The first voyage attempted and set foorth by ... M. Francis Drake ... to Nombre de Dios ... 1572" (p. 594 sqq.), "The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea, and there hence about the whole globe of the Earth" (post p. 643 insertam), in Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by sea or over land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500. yeeres. 1a ed. Londinii: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie
 c. 1595 : Iodocus Hondius, Vera totius expeditionis nauticae descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... [tabula geographica]. Amstelodami? Imago apud Communia
 1598-1600 : "A briefe relation of the notable seruice performed by Sir Francis Drake ... in the Road of Cadiz ... 1587", "The first and second discouery of the gulfe of California", "The first voyage attempted and set foorth by ... M. Francis Drake ... to Nombre de Dios ... 1572", "A summarie and true discourse of sir Francis Drakes West Indian voyage ... 1585", "The voyage truely discoursed, made by sir Francis Drake and sir Iohn Hawkins ... 1595", "The two famous voyages happily perfourmed round about the world, by Sir Francis Drake, and M. Thomas Candish Esquire ... The voyage of M. Iohn Winter into the South sea by the Streight of Magellan ... by Edward Cliffe (etc.)" in Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by sea or over-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres. 2a ed. 3 voll. Londinii: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker voll. 1-2 vol. 3
 saec. XVII ineunte? : Nicola van Sype, La [heroike] enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck d'avoir cirquit toute la terre [tabula geographica]. Antverpiae? Imago
 1626 : Philip Nichols; , ed., Sir Francis Drake revived. Londinii: Bourne, 1626 Titulus huius editionis
 1628 : , ed., The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake. Londinii: Bourne, 1628 Textus; Textus apud Bibliotheca Congressus; Editio interretialis
 1652-1653 : Philip Nichols, Francis Fletcher et al.; R. D., ed., Sir Francis Drake revived; The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake; A summarie and true discourse; A full relation of another voyage into the West Indies. Londinii: Bourne, 1652-1653 fasc. 1 i fasc. 1 ii fasc. 2 fasc. 3 fasc. 4

 Editiones fontium
 Mary Frear Keeler, ed., Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, 1585-86. Londinii, 1981 
 W. D. Cooley, ed., Sir Francis Drake his Voyage, 1595, by Thomas Maynarde, together with the Spanish account of Drake's attack on Puerto Rico. Londinii: Hakluyt Society, 1849 Textus apud Monacenses
 Zelia Nuttall, ed., New Light on Drake: a collection of documents relating to his voyage of circumnavigation. Londinii: Hakluyt Society, 1914 Textus apud Internet Archive 
 W. S. W. Vaux, ed., The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake ... collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher. Londinii: Hakluyt Society, 1854 Textus apud Internet Archive R. B. Wernham, ed., The expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589 (Navy Records Society). Londinii: Temple Smith, 1988

 Eruditio
 Kenneth R. Andrews, Drake's voyages: a re-assessment of their place in Elizabethan maritime expansion. Novi Eboraci: Scribner, 1968 exemplar mutuabile
 Laurence Bergreen, In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. Custom House, 2021. ISBN 978-0062875358 recensio huius operis
 Julian S. Corbett, Drake and the Tudor navy, with a history of the rise of England as a maritime power. 2 voll. Londinii: Longmans Green, 1898 vol. 1 vol. 2 apud Internet Archive James B. Davidson, "On some points in natural history first made known by Sir Francis Drake" in Western Antiquary vol. 4 (1884/1885) pp. 134-137
 Harry Kelsey, "Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596)" in 
 Harry Kelsey, Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate. Novo Portu: Yale University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-300-08463-4
 Hans P. Kraus, Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1970 Editio interretialis
 David Beers Quinn, Sir Francis Drake as seen by his contemporaries: an essay. Providentiae: John Carter Brown Library, 1996 Textus apud Internet Archive John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake. Londinii: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990 
 Norman J. W. Thrower, "Drake on the Pacific Coast of North America" in Cecil H. Clough, P. E. H. Hair, edd., The European Outthrust and Encounter: The First Phase c.1400-c.1700: essays in tribute to David Beers Quinn (Liverpolii: Liverpool University Press, 1994) pp. 167-190 
 Norman J. W. Thrower, Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580: Essays Commemorating the Quadricentennial of Drake's Circumnavigation of the Earth. Berkeleiae: University of California Press, 1984 

 Nexus externi 
 The Drake Exploration Society''
 "The society's research"
 John Thrower, "Some Botanical Discoveries Made on Francis Drake's World Voyage"
 Martha Doerr Toppin, "Nova Albion Revealed: Drake’s claim of California celebrated by Hakluyt and Hondius"

Exploratores Britannici
Exploratores Californiae
Exploratores Oceani Pacifici
Exploratores Oregoniae
Nati saeculo 16
Mortui 1596
Elisabetha I (regina Angliae)