Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Adm, (c. 1540 – January 28, 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, naval pioneer, naval raider, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan period. He was the first Englishman (and the first captain of a non-Spanish ship) to circumnavigate the globe. He was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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Vice Adm - 1540 - January 28 - 1596 - English - Privateer - Navigator - Politician - Civil engineer - Elizabethan period - Circumnavigate - Spanish Armada - 1588

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