'Sir Francis Drake', (c1540-1596), 1830. Sir Francis Drake (c1540-1596) English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era who claimed California for the English. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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