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Francis Drake

noun

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). Synonyms: Drake, Sir Francis Drake.

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... thought the time propitious for his own ambitious purposes, and sent an Armada (fleet) which approached the Coast in the form of a great Crescent, one mile across. The little English "seadogs," not much larger than small pleasure yachts, were led by Sir Francis Drake. They worried the ponderous Spanish ships, and then, sending burning boats in amongst them, soon spoiled the pretty crescent. The fleet scattered along the Northern Coast, where it was overtaken by a frightful ...

— The Evolution of an Empire • Mary Parmele

... that preyed upon Spain and her colonies from the commencement of the war in 1585 to the signing of peace in 1604, Francis Drake was the greatest scourge and the ...

— The History of Puerto Rico - From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation • R.A. Van Middeldyk

Words linked to "Francis Drake" : full admiral, navigator, admiral