Francis Drake was a pirate who was knighted by the Queen and became an English hero. He robbed and burned his way across the Caribbean and became the terror of the Spanish Main. He circumnavigated the globe and fought the Spanish Armada. Enter the world of the 1500s, where piracy was unofficial state policy, and stolen treasure was used to fund the Wars of Religion in Europe. Escaped African slaves, cities held for ransom, and executions at sea are all part of the story.

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