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Sir Francis Drake was one of the most remarkable characters in the history of Great Britain. He was a gifted navigator and became the second person to circumnavigate the globe in 1580. He was also a privateer who attacked Spanish ships for Queen and country but mostly for the gold and treasure they carried. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I. Drake was Vice Admiral of the English fleet that defeated the invading Spanish Armada in 1588. This video visits his home, Buckland Abbey near Plymouth in Devon. The abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1278 but was seized when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church to form the Church of England.