- He served an apprenticeship as a mariner
- 1567 he was given his first command
- In 1570 and 1571 Drake made two profitable trading voyages to the West Indies
- 1572 he commanded two vessels in a marauding expedition against Spanish ports in the Caribbean Sea. During this voyage, Drake first saw the Pacific Ocean; he captured the port of Nombre de Dios on the Isthmus of Panama and destroyed the nearby town of Portobelo. He returned to England with a cargo of Spanish silver and a reputation as a brilliant privateer
- 1579 set sail again and was hailed as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world
- he was knighted aboard the Golden Hind by Queen
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