How comes that even today, Brits view him as some sort of hero?

Unimpeachable loyalty, tireless commitment to improving the situation of his country and a heroic spirit which set the model for Empire builders for generations to come.
Either this is bait, or you're an incredibly dull person for not realising.

>>2746264
>set the model for Empire builders for generations to come
Time to take a nap Winston.

>>2746319
It's an objective statement. By no means am I an imperialist, but he did.

>>2746232
But he was their murderer and bandit

>Drake was a murderer and a bandit
And so were the conquistadors he targeted.

It's not Murder and Banditry if you're robbing and killing scumbag Catholics.

>>2746499
This. It was Karma.

>>2746232
>How comes that even today, Brits view him as some sort of hero?
>Drake was a murderer and a bandit, nothing more
You answered yourself

>>2746499
>conquistadors
>During Drake's time
Is this what they teach in little Pakistan?

>>2746520
Drake was a massive loser,but he was the best thing that England had at the time.Which shows how bad their political situation was at the time

>>2746522
Conquistadors existed all way up to the 17th century, you queef.
Believe it or not, the Americas are a huge place and it took more than a century to bring it all under heel.

>>2746534
>Conquistadors existed all way up to the 17th century, you queef.
No they didn't.Explorers and misionaries are not conquistadors as you needed special permission for the crown to claim the land and they stopped given them after the Viceroyalty of Peru was created