This Pirate Stole More Gold Than England's Entire Yearly Income

Añadido: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]This pirate stole more gold in a single raid than England's entire yearly income, and the queen secretly funded him while publicly calling him a criminal. His name was Francis Drake. He started as a slave trader, but transformed into England's most feared pirate admiral. Drake circumnavigated the entire globe while hunting Spanish treasure ships. When he captured the Spanish galleon Cacafuego, the gold inside was worth more than what England made in an entire year. Queen Elizabeth secretly backed his piracy, then knighted him to mock the Spanish. He became both England's greatest hero and the world's most wanted criminal. Follow for more dark history.