1 Birth and early years
2 Marriage and family
3 Sailing career
4 Circumnavigation of the earth (1577–1580)
4.1 Entering the Pacific (1578)
4.2 Capture of Spanish treasure ships
4.3 Coast of California: Nova Albion (1579)
4.4 Across the Pacific and around Africa
4.5 Return to Plymouth (1580)
4.6 Award of knighthood
4.7 Award of arms
5 Political career
6 Purchase of Buckland Abbey
7 Great Expedition
8 Spanish Armada
8.1 Cadiz raid
8.2 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
8.3 Drake-Norris Expedition
9 Final years
10 Cultural impact
11 Controversies
11.1 Slave trading
11.2 Conflict in the Caribbean
11.3 Ireland
11.4 Execution of Thomas Doughty
12 See also
13 References
14 Bibliography
15 External links