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- English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
How To Use Francis Drake In A Sentence
- On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.
- While in the Pacific the crew of the auxiliary traced the footsteps of Sir Francis Drake by landing boats on a Costa Rican shoreline.
- Sir Francis Drake was a famous Elizabethan.
- There are also historical personages with almost mythical status - Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Admiral Nelson.
- Their leader, Sir Francis Drake, saw the hurricane destroy a number of his ships.
- The Englishman may be remembered for circumnavigating the world, but Sir Francis Drake also happened to be Queen Elizabeth I's favorite pirate.
- Only Sir Francis Drake and other naval freebooters enjoyed success.
- Gilbert was a graduate of Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo.
- As a boy, I thrilled to the glorious adventures of Britain's sailors, such as Sir Francis Drake, the renowned admirals Anson and Howe, and the great Sir Horatio Nelson, whose name will live forever in naval glory. Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY
- Renowned English sea navigator Sir Francis Drake once referred to Cape Town as the fairest cape in the world. World's Most Beautiful Cities
