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Monday, 16 July 2018

A Very English Defeat

The "Pirate" Sir Francis Drake attacked Cartagena on at least three occasions, never successfully.

This coin was struck to celebrate another predicted English victory over the Spanish which didn't materialise. The Colombians seem to find this irony amusing.
Posted by giles at 19:43
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