F for Francis Drake, (Queen) King of Pirates

An adventurer, a privateer, and commander of a fleet.

Through the profits reaped from his circumnavigation of the world, England came to dominate the Age of Discovery.
Furthermore, he sunk the powerful Spanish Invincible Armada, virtually crushing Spain - once called the Empire on which the Sun never set - and became known as "the man who sunk the Sun".

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