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Sir
Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)
navigator and privateer, is one of the greatest English sea-captains
of all time. Revered as a hero in the fight against the Armada
and despised as an upstart by the old nobility, Drake epitomizes
the self-made Elizabethan privateer, rapacious in the hunt
for treasure (especially Spanish treasure) but daring and visionary
in exploration.
Drake
and his crew are remembered as the first Englishmen to circumnavigate
the globe, claiming a portion
of California
for Elizabeth along the way. His attack on Cadiz and his devastating
raids on the Spanish Main earned him the fear and the grudging
respect of the Spaniards, who call him El Draque, "The
Dragon". Drake was the greatest of all the Elizabethan
sailors.

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