3-053-365 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Drake's Great Surprise for a Sleeping Man', c1934. Illustration showing a supposed incident in Tarapaca, possibly in Peru, where English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer Francis Drake and his men relieved a sleeping Spaniard of his silver. From "The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two", edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]. (Colorised black and white print).