Illustration depicting Sir Francis Drake seizing a Spanish treasure ship. Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 - 28 January 1596, was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, pirate, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation.

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