A privateer, pirate, navigator, politician, and civil engineer, Sir Francis Drake first sailed west in about 1563. Drawn to the Spanish Main by the promise of unimaginable wealth from Spain’s silver monopoly, Drake was himself first attacked by the Spanish. Turning the full weight of his ambition against them, his name soon became synonymous with cunning and daring, earning him respect and fear. El Draco, as the Spanish called him, returned to the Spanish Main again, capturing and looting towns, and sinking Spanish ships. Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, and was Vice Admiral of Her Majesty’s Navy during the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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