Sir Francis Drake (1541? -1596) - Queen Elizabeth Tudor's "pirate of Her Majesty," a slave trader and vice admiral of the British Navy, was undoubtedly the most titled sea robber. Rising from the bottom of English society, receiving the rank of knight and becoming sir, Drake made a huge fortune by robbing Spanish galleons. His ships terrified the Spaniards along the entire Latin American coast. He became the first captain to circumnavigate the world - after all, Magellan did not return home. Drake led the defeat of the Invincible Armada.