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Tower Press (England, 1950's) No. 1210
408 pcs (24x17), 48 x 36 cm.
My very first puzzle! My uncle gave it to me around 1956 and it sparked a life-long passion. Over the years I lost the box and 4 pieces, but I still have the puzzle, which was uploaded a couple of years ago. Shortly after I finally managed to find a copy on eBay with a box in fine condition. It was 2 pieces short, but none of those missing in mine. Although the cut was slightly different and the image a bit off, I still managed to combine the two puzzles and get a complete image for the first time in many years. I guess you could find the 2 pieces (they are both on the Drake figure in the middle) if you have very good eyesight. Since the new puzzle was less worn I decided to lift the missing pieces from my old one instead of the other way around.
Popular legend has it that it was on Plymouth Hoe, on 20th July 1588, that the Elizabethan Sea-Captain Sir Francis Drake was playing bowls when first news of sightings of the invading "Spanish Armada" was brought to him. Thereupon Drake ostensibly signified his wish merely to continue his game of bowls undisturbed, a cool reaction fabled as an act of English heroism. In reality, however, Drake and his fellow captains probably knew full well that the wind and tide conditions at that particular moment precluded the English Fleet from putting to sea immediately from Plymouth!
When he eventually went out to sea, he defeated the Spanish Armada and this is what possibly he is best known for.