Sir Francis Drake's expedition of 1572–1573 was an uncommissioned privateering voyage by Sir Francis Drake to the western and southern Caribbean Sea. It is deemed a precursor to hostilities of the subsequent Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604.
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