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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4592837, member: 101855"]Drake was the second man to sail around the world after Magellan. Magellan himself didn’t make it. He died in the Philippines, but some of his crew did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was Drake a hero or villain? It all depends upon what the leader of Spain and England thought. To the Spanish, he was a pirate. It is said the King Philip II of Spain once offered the modern equivalent of $8 million for his death or capture. He sailed around the world to escape them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To the British, he was a hero. Queen Elizabeth I knighted him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a map of his trip around the world from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137208[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4592837, member: 101855"]Drake was the second man to sail around the world after Magellan. Magellan himself didn’t make it. He died in the Philippines, but some of his crew did. Was Drake a hero or villain? It all depends upon what the leader of Spain and England thought. To the Spanish, he was a pirate. It is said the King Philip II of Spain once offered the modern equivalent of $8 million for his death or capture. He sailed around the world to escape them. To the British, he was a hero. Queen Elizabeth I knighted him. Here is a map of his trip around the world from Wikipedia: [ATTACH=full]1137208[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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