An old engraving of bowls being played by Sir Francis Drake as the ‘Spanish Armada’ invasion was starting, Plymouth Hoe, Devon, England, UK on 20 July 1588. It is from a Victorian history book of Drake ( –1596) was playing bowls when he heard the news. Drake wished to continue his game of bowls, and probably knew conditions precluded the English Fleet from leaving immediately. The Armada set sail for England in May 1588. An English fleet of 55 ships set out from Plymouth to confront them, commanded by Lord Howard. Drake was vice admiral, commanding from the galleon ‘Revenge’.
An old engraving of bowls being played by Sir Francis Drake as the ‘Spanish Armada’ invasion was starting, Plymouth Hoe, Devon, England, UK on 20 July 1588. It is from a Victorian history book of The legend has it that the Elizabethan Sea-Captain Sir Francis Drake was playing bowls when news of sightings was first brought to him. But Drake wished to continue his game of bowls undisturbed. In reality, Drake probably knew full well that conditions at that particular moment precluded the English Fleet from putting to sea immediately. Sir Francis Drake ( –1596) was an English explorer and privateer known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. The Spanish Armada set sail for England in May 1588, and arrived on the English coast on 29 July, near Cornwall. An English fleet consisting of 55 ships set out from Plymouth to confront the Armada, under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham, with Sir Francis Drake serving as vice admiral, commanding from the galleon ‘Revenge’.
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Location: Plymouth Hoe, Devon, England, UK
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