s interpenetrating political ones. However, it was also in 1587 that Sir Francis Drake led a series of raids against Spain's coastline, most notably at Cadiz, which was sacked; this was known as the "singeing of the King of Spain's beard" (Churchill 152). Drake had also attacked Spanish settlements in the New World from Florida to Peru to California, when he circumnavigated the world in Elizabeth's behalf (Jensen 622). Attacks against Spanish shipping in both Europe and the West were commonly led by English naval vessels under command of Drake and Admiral John Hawkins. Meanwhile, Elizabeth was supporting Protestant rebe
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