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The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10)

Note 235 — Chapter XXVI

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Francis Drake (1540-1596), the greatest of English admirals, the first Englishman to sail round the world (1577-1580). He singed the King of Spain's beard in 1587, and fought against the Spanish Armada (1588).

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