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Francis Drake
* c. 1540 in Tavistock, Devon
+ 1596 near Portobelo, Panama
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Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, pirate, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580,
and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation.
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