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Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
Drake Passage
body of water between South America and Antarctica
Golden Hind
1577 galleon, flagship of Francis Drake's circumnavigation
English Armada
1589 fleet of warships sent to Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England
Drake's Island
fortified island

New Albion
historical name of the United States Pacific coast
Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
1587 series of attacks by Francis Drake against the Spanish
Buckland Abbey
Grade I listed historic house museum in Devon, England, UK
Drake's Plate of Brass
forged plaque allegedly placed by Francis Drake when landing in California in 1579
Francis Drake's circumnavigation
first English circumnavigation of the world
Sir Francis Drake Channel
strait in the British Virgin Islands and United States Virgin Islands