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Sir Francis Drake - Circumnavigation of the world

How long did it take Sir Francis Drake to sail through the Strait of Magellan?

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Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering. — Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake, oil on panel, after an engraving attributed to Jodocus Hondius, c. 1583; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

It took Sir Francis Drake 16 days to sail through the Strait of Magellan. He entered the strait on August 21, 1578, and successfully navigated the passage to reach the Pacific Ocean shortly thereafter.1