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Francis Drake

Francis Drake

English explorer
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall. Wikipedia
Died: January 28, 1596, Portobelo, Panama
Nationality: English
Spouse: Elizabeth Sydenham (m. 1585–1596) and Mary Newman (m. 1569–1581)
Awards: Knight Bachelor (1581)
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