Sir Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake is known for England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. He was a sea dog and sailed around the world. Drake was actually the first to sail around the world since Magellan died during his voyage. Drake was a "sea dog" during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And as everyone knows, this is a good time to be a sea dog because the queen strongly supported them. He gave him money and ships to raid Spanish ships. Drake was the most feared sea dog of his time. As a young man he didn't have a very exciting life but he grew up sailing on short voyages along the English coast. From an early age he knew he wanted to be in the water. When he was older he made countless trips. From 1566 to 1569 he made two slave-trading voyages with his cousin and associate Sir John Hawkins. He is another famous sea dog in his time. They went to Africa, took slaves and sold them to the West Indians. Portugal and Spain were not happy with this voyage made by England because they were giving competition to Portugal with the slave trade and ...