Sir Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake is known for England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. He was a sea dog and he 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, it's a good time to be a sea dog because the Queen has strongly supported them. She gave him money and ships to attack Spanish shipping. Drake was the most feared sea dog of his time. He didn't have a very exciting life when he was younger, but he grew up sailing on short voyages around the English coast. From a young age, he knew he wanted to be on the water. When he was older, he made countless trips. From 1566 to 1569 he made two slave trading voyages with his cousin and partner Sir John Hawkins. This is another famous sea dog in its time. They went to Africa and bought slaves and sold them to the Western Indians. Portugal and Spain were not happy with this trip made by England because it gave Portugal competition with the slave trade and ...