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The beheading of Captn: Doughty by Drake.

The beheading of Captn: Doughty by Drake.

J: June. Sc.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Sheet 100 x 165mm. 4 x 6½".
Thomas Doughty was an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. In 1577, on an expedition with Francis Drake to attack Spanish treasure fleets, he fell out with Drake and was put on trial for treason and witchcraft and executed on July 2, 1578. His execution established the idea that a ship's captain was its absolute ruler, regardless of the rank or social class of his passengers and crew.
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