5. Becoming “El Draque” -Born in 1540 in Tavistock, Devon -Began sailing at the age of 12 -Captain of Judith at the age of 24 “ The people of quality dislike him for having risen so high from such a lowely family; the rest say he is the main cause of wars.” — Gonzalo González del Castillo in a letter to King Phillip II, 1592