“The danger of these expeditions was no doubt very great, but the spoils were in proportion, and there was not a boy or man of the seafaring population of Devon who would not gladly have gone with the adventorous captain.” — Under Drake’s Flag by G.A. Henty

(1) Scan from ‘American Historical Playing Cards’ with portraits from Douglas Gorsline.

(2) A lost Maxis “Sim” game has been discovered by an Ars reader, uploaded for all (Ars Technica)