With the vision and attention to detail that were evident in his highly acclaimed 1587: A Year of No Significance, Ray Huang moves from micro to macro history in the stunning achievement, China: A Macro History, which takes a fresh look at at the full sweep of Chinese history from neolithic times to the present. Download Lync 2010 Attendee Meaning on this page. In this lesson we explore the sixteenth-century English privateer and knight, Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.

Knighthood Today, English knighthood is little more than a ceremonial title. Free Download Aplikasi Magic Blue Hack. Rather than the English warriors of the past who received the honor due to military feats, today's knights can be anything from singers, like Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, to business leaders like Sir Richard Branson. In previous centuries, however, knighthood was only given to those who glorified the British Crown and England through military service - men like Sir Francis Drake. Francis Drake Though the exact date of his birth is not known, it is likely that Francis Drake was born around 1540 in Tavistock, Devon, England. Though he came from a farming family, he quickly took to the sea as an adult, and in 1567 he sailed with his cousin John Hawkins to North America with a ship full of slaves. This first voyage proved disastrous after the fleet was attacked by the Spanish off the coast of North America, and Drake and Hawkins narrowly escaped. This first voyage planted a severe hatred of the Spanish in Drake's mind, a mindset which influenced his future voyages.