Drake, SIR

FRANCIS, ab. 1540-1596. English sailor, knighted 1580, Μ.Ρ. 1584-85. He harried the Spanish-American settlements 1572-73; sailed up the Pacific coast 1578-79, and circum Sir Francis Drake. navigated the globe; destroyed part of the first Armada in Cadiz harbor 1587; and had a share in defeating the Armada of 1588.