Sir Francis Drake whilst playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, England, is informed of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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Sir Francis Drake whilst playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, England, is informed of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588. After the painting by Seymour Lucas. Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral, c. 1540 – 1596. English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver and politician of the Elizabethan era. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

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