Sir Francis Drake lived quite an adventurous life, as an English sea captain, navigator, politician, privateer, slaver, and pirate. Drake was the second to circumnavigate the world. As a British privateer he had an enormous hand in saving England from the Spanish Armada. After which he went on to live a life of plunder and profit at the command of Her Majesty’s Government. To the Spanish he was the worst of pirates, and was known as El Draque. King Philip II was rumored to have offered a hefty reward for his capture, about 20,000 ducats – or $6.5 million U.S. – for his life.