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He was born in Tavistock,Devon,England.His parents were Mary and Edmund Drake.
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He first went to sea when he was about 12 or 13.His boat was a little fishing boat his father left him.
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He made one of his English slaving voyages to bring African slaves to the morden world but were attacted by the Spanish air forces.The Spanish became his major enimie.
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Sir Francis Drake was the first English man to circumnavigate the world.
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Sir Francis Drake was secretly commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to go on a expedition to fight agianist the spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast.He sailed with five ships but when they got there,only one had suvived.They called it the Golden Hind.
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Sir Francis Drake sailed across the pacific.It went to Moluccas,Celebes,Java and around the cape of good hope.
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He arrived back in England with a rich cargo of spices and spanish tresure and the distinction of being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
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Sir Francis Drake sailed to the west Indies and the coast of Florida
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He was at war with Spain he entered the port of Cadiz and destroyed 30 of the ships the Spanish were assembling aginst the British.
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He was a vice admiral in the fleet that defeated the Armada.
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He died at 55 from yellow fever and was buried at sea when he was about to go again to fight the Spanish war.