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Sir Francis DrakeRobert Hayman
About the Author
gentleman of ruling class - expected to be ski"ed in many arts
met Drake as a child
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, $om 1577 to 1580.
The Golden Hind - held over L1,500,000 in Spanish bu"ion, pearls, & precious stones