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Francis Drake
 
* c. 1540 in Tavistock, Devon
+ 1596 near Portobelo, Panama


   

Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake 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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