Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Francis Drake

Battles of Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

Francis Drake is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1568 and 1595: 4 battles, 1 siege and 4 naval actions across 7 present-day countries, most in France (2), Spain (2), Mexico (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 30,349 km apart end to end, 3,794 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Anglo-Spanish War (7).

Battle of Cartagena de IndiasSiege of CoruñaBattle of Las PalmasBattle of the Guadalupe IslandBattle of San Juan de UlúaCapture of SantiagoBattle of Santo DomingoBattle of GravelinesBattle of San JuanBattle of San Juan de UlúaCapture of SantiagoBattle of Santo DomingoBattle of GravelinesBattle of San JuanChicagoMiamiMadridTorontoAtlantaHoustonMonterreyCasablancaCaracasGeneva5000 km30.704N, 47.002W
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1568: 1 engagements1585: 1 engagements1586: 2 engagements1588: 1 engagements1589: 1 engagements1595: 3 engagements3 in 159515681595
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, 1568Capture of Santiago, 1585Battle of Santo Domingo, 1586Battle of Cartagena de Indias, 1586Battle of Gravelines, 1588Siege of Coruña, 1589Battle of Las Palmas, 1595Battle of the Guadalupe Island, 1595Battle of San Juan, 159515681595
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 September 1568Battle of San Juan de UlúaCastle of San Juan de Ulúa, MexicoSpanish victory
1585Capture of SantiagoCidade Velha, Cabo Verde7,671 km EEnglish victory
1 January 1586Battle of Santo DomingoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4,932 km WEnglish victory
9 February 1586Battle of Cartagena de IndiasCartagena, Colombia1,082 km SWEnglish victory
1588Battle of GravelinesGravelines, France8,247 km NEAnglo-Dutch victory
1589Siege of CoruñaA Coruña, Spain1,160 km SWSpanish victory
1595Battle of Las PalmasLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain1,808 km SWSpanish victory
8 November 1595Battle of the Guadalupe IslandGuadeloupe, France4,869 km WSpanish victory
1595Battle of San JuanCastillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico579 km NWSpanish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.