In 1597 Hawkins was sent to Spain, and imprisoned first at Seville and subsequently at Madrid.
Brome may have pulled hints and suggestions from other travel accounts, since the play refers to the famous English explorers of the day, Sir Francis Drake, Martin Frobisher, Sir Richard Hawkins, and Sir Thomas Cavendish.
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