Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator Jaguar E Type 'London Market'

'London Market'

View of an army camp in Hyde Park which was set up as a response to the Gordon Riots in 1780

The fait word 'Victoria' over a word beginning with ' A' on the banner above the house on the left suggests the occasion may be Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert

Kenneth Waller

Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator Jaguar E Type 'London Market'Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Drake (1540 1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age. He circumnavigated the globe (1577 1580), commanded the attack on the Spanish fleet in Cadiz Harbour in 1587 (the 'singeing of the King of Spain's beard') and played an important role in defeating the Spanish Armada the following year. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.