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The president touched upon previous explorers such as Francis Drake, who he said had also paid the ultimate price for their bravery.
BBC News - Home 2011
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However in recent years historians have begun to rehabilitate him, highlighting his importance as a patron of adventurers such as Francis Drake and of the arts.
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The ships that the Europeans used to explore, conquer and colonialize in the fiftieth and sixteenth centuries ranged from Columbus's flagship Santa Maria, which measured around eight-six feet, to Francis Drake's famous Golden Hinde, which was about seventy feet long.
Jim Luce: Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet Found in Japan Jim Luce 2011
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The ships that the Europeans used to explore, conquer and colonialize in the fiftieth and sixteenth centuries ranged from Columbus's flagship Santa Maria, which measured around eight-six feet, to Francis Drake's famous Golden Hinde, which was about seventy feet long.
Jim Luce: Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet Found in Japan Jim Luce 2011
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They thrived for centuries with the connivance of England's Queen Elizabeth I and other monarchs who were willing to tolerate a level of disorder and barbarism if it meant that hired privateers like Francis Drake would cut them in on the loot.
Modern-Day Blackbeards Arthur Herman 2010
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They thrived for centuries with the connivance of England's Queen Elizabeth I and other monarchs who were willing to tolerate a level of disorder and barbarism if it meant that hired privateers like Francis Drake would cut them in on the loot.
Modern-Day Blackbeards Arthur Herman 2010
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They are the 21st-century breed of Patagonia's conquistadores, adventurers and pirates -- from Francis Drake and George Newbery to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (their ranch is still there in Cholilla, a dejected pueblo which would be at home in the more dejected parts of New Mexico).
Pepe Escobar: Patagonia: The End of the World Is on Sale 2010
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Shakespeare's Falstaff asked audiences "to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack" and Francis Drake pillaged thousands of barrels from Spain.
The sherry revival Norman Miller 2010
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They thrived for centuries with the connivance of England's Queen Elizabeth I and other monarchs who were willing to tolerate a level of disorder and barbarism if it meant that hired privateers like Francis Drake would cut them in on the loot.
Modern-Day Blackbeards Arthur Herman 2010
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Francis Drake, who is said to have lawn-bowled before defeating the Spanish Armada.
In Deference to That Other Sport, South Africa Bowls On Quietly 2010
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