Francis Drake

基本解释

Francis Drake, a navigator and explorer, was the first Englishman to sail round the world.
航海家。探險家F 是第一個繞地球航行的英國人。
On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.
三百九十年前的今天，偉大的探險家Francis Drake爵士在巴拿馬外海的船上仙逝。
Queen Elizabeth II knighted him with the very sword that Queen Elizabeth I had used almost 400 years earlier to knight Sir Francis Drake after he had sailed round the world for the first time.
伊麗莎白女王二世手持寶劍敕封他爲爵士。將近400年前，伊麗莎白一世也曾手持同一把寶劍，把爵位賜予完成首次環球航行的弗朗西斯·德雷尅爵士。

Early visitors are said to have included Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, various German planters and privateers, and Blackbeard.
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Sir Francis Drake was one such privateer (licensed pirate).
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