Sir Francis Drake was an anthropomorphic duck based on the historically real person of the same name.
Description[]
Sir Francis Drake was a corsair working for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England in the 16th century. After one of his raids in 1579 on a spanish ship, he came to possess ancient books from the Library of Alexandria; rather than taking the risk of carrying the fragile and venerable tomes on his warship,[3] he left them in his first mate Malcolm McDuck's (or Fenton Penworthy's) care in the colony of Drake Borough, in what would become Calisota, and resumed his pillaging lifestyle.[4] He seems to have also left some other treasure in Drake Borough.[5] At one point Sir Drake was officially in command of all British corsair ships.[6]
He later returned to America, but would die of a fever before reaching Drake Borough in 1596.
Behind the scenes[]
He was first mentioned in 1947 in Carl Barks's story The Ghost of the Grotto. But it was only in His Majesty, McDuck that Drake would first take part in the story of Duckburg. Although, an unidentified Drake is mentioned in Some Heir Over the Rainbow, as commanding a floatilla chasing a spanish galleon. The galleon then hid its' treasure in what would later become Duckburg Bay.
Trivia[]
- As the real-world Francis Drake never had any children, it is unlikely that this version has any direct descendants either. However, he did have at least 11 brothers.
- Though it is stated that Drake died of a fever in a Rosa story, the real-world Francis Drake died of dysentery (which sometimes causes fevers).
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Birth and death dates as per his historical counterpart, assumed to be the same in the comics' continuity.
- ↑ Birth and death dates as per his historical counterpart, assumed to be the same in the comics' continuity.
- ↑ The Guardians of the Lost Library
- ↑ All according to Don Rosa's stories His Majesty, McDuck and W.H.A.T.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N..
- ↑ According to the as-yet unpublished outside of Italy and Portrugal story, Il tresoro di Francis Drake
- ↑ According to Carl Barks's The Ghost of the Grotto.