> He was certainly a privateer, but I'm not aware of any out-and-out piracy To the English he was a privateer. To the Spanish he was a pirate. =P And Francis

> He was certainly a privateer, but I'm not aware of any out-and-out piracy To the English he was a privateer. To the Spanish he was a pirate. =P And Francis Drake also oversaw the massacre of 600 surrendered Irish rebels and civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin_Island_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin_Island_Massacre So yeah, there's plenty of dirt on this guy.