Question

Explain how Francis Drake increased tensions between England and Spain 1560-1590 (12)

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Francis Drake was an English privateer in the service of the Crown of England who served his nation during the wars against Spain in the late 1500s. Drake participated in numerous battles for the English navy, but especially gained his fame as a privateer who sabotaged numerous ships of the Spanish merchant marine causing serious economic and material losses to the Kingdom of Spain. Since Spain did not recognize the figure of the corsair, he was classified as a pirate by the Iberian authorities, which exposed him to eventual death penalties if captured. The English crown, on the other hand, legally recognized him as a privateer and endorsed his actions, which generated an ethical and ideological conflict within the war that both nations had with each other, at a time when formalities and the value of the word had a special significance even in war conflicts.