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__Sir francis drake__

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FACTS


 * His wife, marry died and he married Elizabeth sydenham
 * Queen Elizabeth offerd the money for his voyage
 * He was inspired because he was poor
 * when he was one of the men on the ship there were ruff waters and his captin died
 * in 1572 he set sail with two boats to Panama
 * one of the lands He found He called new Albion

__VOYAGES__
 * In September of 1578, the fleet, now three ships, sailed through the deadly Strait of Magellan with speed and ease, only to emerge into terrific Pacific storms
 * Late in 1577, Francis Drake left England with five ships, ostensibly on a trading expedition to the Nile.