1581 CE: PRIVATEER > KNIGHT

(Sir) Francis Drake knighted by the British.

Had led the first British circumnavigation of the globe (1577-1580).

A hero to the British, but just a plain pirate to the a+
Spanish. His ‘work experience’ would include: privateer, slave trader, navigator and politician. Later, in 1588, Drake would become Vice Admiral of the British Fleet against the Spanish Armada.