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FRANCIS DRAKE: But of course. I, Francis Drake, explorer extraordinaire, am travelling around the world with the full backing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We left England in December 1577 ...

In Elizabeth's England, advances in scientific knowledge go hand-in-hand with exploration.' Perhaps the most famous adventurer of them all is Sir Francis Drake. He is the very embodiment of an ...

The passage is named after the 16th-century English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake during his raiding expedition. After passing through the Strait of Magellan with Marigold, Elizabeth ...