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| Picture No | 10216816 |
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| Description | Sir Francis Drake |
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Sir Francis Drake (1542 - 1596), Elizabethan explorer and seafarer. In 1577 he and his crew became the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the globe, bringing home an enormous pile of plunder. In 1588 he was Captain of the 'Revenge' and Vice-Admiral of the English Fleet in the action against the Spanish Armada. He died in the Caribbean in January 1596 and was buried at sea.
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| Source | Engraving in in 'The Illustrated London News', 14 July 1888, page 49 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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