serviceyears laterwork death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name type
c. 1584-1603 merchant stepney , london limehouse , london , england england anglo -- spanish war -lrb- 1585 -rrb- c. 1565 captain michael geare
 sir michael geare sea dog
michael geare

sir michael geare -lrb- b. 1565 - ? -rrb-
was a 16th-century english sailor , privateer and merchant .
one of the many sea dogs who plagued the spanish empire during the elizabethan age , geare was well-known to the spaniards of the west indies and the spanish main as commander of the `` little john '' .
he remained one of the most active in the region throughout the 1590s and up until his retirement in 1603 .
