Sir FrancisDrake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being the first English expedition to…
Francis Drake (1540 Crowndale, Englanti – 28. tammikuuta 1596) oli englantilainen laivakaappari, merenkävijä, merisankari, orjakauppias sekä poliitikko, jonka kuningatar Elisabet I löi ritariksi.
English admiral Sir FrancisDrake circumnavigated the globe from 1577-1580, helped defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588 and was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan era.
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