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drake, francis

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Drake   (drāk)   
English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577-1580) and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada (1588).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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