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The English explorer Sir '''Francis Drake''' was the second to sail around the world (after [[Magellan]]). During one of his trips to the New World he discovered the potato, although some claim that Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] beat him to it.
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The English explorer Sir '''Francis Drake''' was the second to sail around the world (after [[Magellan]]).  
  
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Francis Drake's ship was the English galleon ''Pelican'', which was later renamed the ''Golden Hinde''.
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Francis Drake's ship was the English galleon ''Pelican'', which was later renamed the ''Golden Hind''.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:07, June 9, 2007

The English explorer Sir Francis Drake was the second to sail around the world (after Magellan).

Francis Drake's ship was the English galleon Pelican, which was later renamed the Golden Hind.

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