Operation Drake Operation Drake Operation Drake (1978–1980) was a round-the-world voyage with the participation of young people from many countries. The voyage was centred on the brigantine Eye of the Wind. She left Plymouth in October 1978 and returned to London two years later, in December 1980. Named after Sir Francis Drake, who had circumnavigated the world four hundred years before on the Golden Hind. Operation Drake was divided up onto 9 ocean and 1 land based phases, each lasting about 3 months. On each phase, a number of Young Explorers, youngsters aged between seventeen and twenty-four, who were selected from countries
Francis Samuel Drake (historian) taste for historical work, and was an eager collector long before he wrote anything for publication. He edited Henry Schoolcraft's "History of the Indians", and contributed articles on Brighton, Watertown, and Roxbury to the Justin Winsor's "Memorial History of Boston" (1880–82). His "Dictionary of American Biography", with his latest corrections and all the materials that he had gathered for a new edition, was incorporated in "Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography". Francis Samuel Drake (historian) Francis Samuel Drake (February 22, 1828, Northwood, New Hampshire - February 22, 1885, Washington, D.C.) was a United States historian. His "Dictionary of American Biography" was