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Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator bruant Four figures showing a meteorSir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Drake (1540 1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age. He circumnavigated the globe (1577 1580), commanded the attack on the Spanish fleet in Cadiz Harbour in 1587 (the 'singeing of the King of Spain's beard') and played an important role in defeating the Spanish Armada the following year. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.