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Sir Francis Drake playing bowls, with the Spanish Armada in sight at Plymouth Hoe, England in 1588

Sir Francis Drake playing bowls, with the Spanish Armada in sight at Plymouth Hoe, England in 1588. The story has it that when told of the arrival of the Armada he replied that there was time to finish the game and lick the Spaniards too. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, 1540 – 1596. English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver and politician of the Elizabethan era. From Bibby's Annual published 1910.
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Title:
Sir Francis Drake playing bowls, with the Spanish Armada in sight at Plymouth Hoe, England in 1588
Caption:
Sir Francis Drake playing bowls, with the Spanish Armada in sight at Plymouth Hoe, England in 1588. The story has it that when told of the arrival of the Armada he replied that there was time to finish the game and lick the Spaniards too. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, 1540 – 1596. English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver and politician of the Elizabethan era. From Bibby's Annual published 1910.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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5800 x 3959 px | 65.7 MB
Print size:
49.1 x 33.5 cm | 19.3 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1588 • ADMIRAL • ARMADA • BOWLS • BRITISH • CAPTAIN • DRAKE • DRAKE, FRANCIS • ELIZABETHAN • ENGLISH • ERA • FIVE SENSES: SIGHT • FLEET • FRANCIS • GREAT BRITAIN • HOE • INGLES • MARINE • NAVIGATOR • NAVY • OCEAN • PLAYING • PLYMOUTH • POLICY • POLITIC • POLITICAL • POLITICIAN • POLITICS • PRIVATEER • SEA • SEAS • SEASCAPE • SENSES: SIGHT • SIGHT • SIR • SKIPPER • SLAVER • SPANISH • STATESMAN • VICE