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Sir Francis Drake

When and where was Sir Francis Drake born?

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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.

Sir Francis Drake was born in Devonshire, England, between approximately 1540 and 1543.1