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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by jjk166 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:43PM (#33267678)
> I'm amused that Captain translates into Vice Admiral.

Francis Drake actually was an English Vice Admiral. The Spanish wikipedia is just more precise than the English one which merely calls him a naval officer.

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