Sir Francis Drake Size:medium Miguel Angel García Borrella and

Miguel Angel García Borrella and Lluis Romero Ventura

Last summer I rode alone on my motorcycle from Denmark all the way up to Europe's northernmost place - North Cape

"I took a wide panorama made up of 20 individual images to get this shot

in our Navigation & Exploration collection of books at the National Maritime Museum

both on the front and at home

Sir Francis Drake Size:medium Miguel Angel García Borrella andDrake was the second man to circumnavigate the world, the first Englishman to do so and, given that Magellan was killed before his voyage was completed, the first commander of an expedition to return with full success. He is portrayed here with an array of accessories denoting his fame and achievements. The sword refers to his service to his country (especially in 1588 at the Spanish Armada), the globe to his circumnavigation of the world, and his