El Draque

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El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appliedBy Spaniards
Spanish Empire
associatedWithEvent Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
surface form: "Anglo-Spanish War"

Spanish treasure fleet raids
attacks on Spanish America
associatedWithRegion Caribbean Sea
Pacific coast of the Americas
Spanish West Indies
surface form: "Spanish Main"
connotation fearsome
hostile to Spain
languageOfOrigin Spanish
meaning the Dragon
surface form: "The Dragon"
opposedBy Spanish monarchy
surface form: "Spanish Crown"
refersTo Francis Drake
refersToActivity raiding Spanish possessions in the Americas
refersToMilitaryRole English privateer against Spain
refersToNationality English
refersToNotableAchievement circumnavigation of the Earth
refersToOccupation explorer
navigator
privateer
sea captain
refersToTimePeriod 16th century
refersToTitle Francis Drake
surface form: "Sir Francis Drake"
usedAs propaganda term in Spain
usedBy Spanish colonists
Spanish sailors
usedIn Spanish chronicles of the 16th century
Spanish colonial records

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Francis Drake nickname El Draque

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