Freibeuter der Meere 2 - Sir Francis Drake
- Episode aired Dec 13, 2015
Born in a protestant commoner family under fanatically Catholic queen Mary Tudor, Francis had a miserable youth without prospects. The cloth trade breakdown drove him to see, where literacy ... Read allBorn in a protestant commoner family under fanatically Catholic queen Mary Tudor, Francis had a miserable youth without prospects. The cloth trade breakdown drove him to see, where literacy helped him rise to captain. Under protestant queen Elisabeth I, he was 'discretely' charte... Read allBorn in a protestant commoner family under fanatically Catholic queen Mary Tudor, Francis had a miserable youth without prospects. The cloth trade breakdown drove him to see, where literacy helped him rise to captain. Under protestant queen Elisabeth I, he was 'discretely' chartered to plunder the American colonial treasures, lifeline of the Habsburg anti-protestant c... Read all