Francis Drake
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Francis Drake, was an English captain, vice-admiral of the Kingdom of England, a corsair and a famous navigator, and a politician of the Elisabethan era.
Elizabeth I of England decorated Drake as a knight in 1581. He was second in command of the English fleet against the Invincible Armada in 1588, subordinate only to Charles Howard and the Queen herself. He died of dysentery in January 1596 after a failed attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico.
His exploits were legendary, making him a hero to the English, but a pirate to the Spanish, whom he was known as El Draque, 'Draque´.
Francis Drake, was an English captain, vice-admiral of the Kingdom of England, a corsair and a famous navigator, and a politician of the Elisabethan era.
Elizabeth I of England decorated Drake as a knight in 1581. He was second in command of the English fleet against the Invincible Armada in 1588, subordinate only to Charles Howard and the Queen herself. He died of dysentery in January 1596 after a failed attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico.
His exploits were legendary, making him a hero to the English, but a pirate to the Spanish, whom he was known as El Draque, 'Draque´.
