Drake 
(drāk), Sir Francis 1540?-1596.
(drāk), Sir Francis 1540?-1596. 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).
Sir Francis Drakeminiature portrait by Isaac Oliver (1560?-1617)