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Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

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  • Sir Francis Drake. Stipple engraving, 1802.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by T. de Leu after J. Rabel.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by T. de Leu after J. Rabel.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682.
  • The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Lithograph by A. Maurin.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Stipple engraving by T. Blood, 1809.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Stipple engraving by F. W. Bollinger.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by J. Romney.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Stipple engraving by S. Gimber.
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    The voyages and travels of that renowned captain Sir Francis Drake . Into the West-Indies, and round about the world. Giving a perfect Relation of his strange Adventures, and many wonderful Discoveries; his Fight with the Spaniard, and many barbarous Nations; his taking St. Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena, St. Augusta, and many other Places in the Golden Country of America, and other Parts of the World: His Description of Monsters, and monstrous People. With many other remarkable Passages not before extant, contained in the History of his Life and Death, both pleasant and profitable to the Reader.

    Francis Drake | Date: [1725?]
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Explorers - Great Britain - Biography
History, 16th Century

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