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"Yo me voy apoderar!"

"What the — HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU EVEN GET UP THERE?!"
I have no idea how to tag these subtle things anymore. Fan art? Or original?
Loosely based off of Britain and Spain from Hetalia~
*Historical aspect of this*
Symbolic representation of the rise of Spain's strong armada, building one of the greatest empires in the world, the Spanish Empire. And, this can also be interpreted differently as the Golden Age of Piracy; if you think of it this way, Spain's dominant form in the foreground shows a rebel due to the fact that their empire was declining then. Spain quoted here: "Yo me voy apoderar!" Which translates along the lines of, "I am taking over!" Though the irony to one interpretation means otherwise. Britain would believe he's lost it at this point.
As for the other interpretation is the Spaniard ruling over the seas for gold. So heck with it, he'd be.
Time period for these interpretations would be the early seventeenth century 1600s-1660s -- see the galleons(aka ships) are 16th century galleons our professor wanted us to specifically and properly illustrate. Also, 1660s-1726s is the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean (the decline of Spain's great power, and the rise of so-called, 'pirates') while it's the time of England, France and Dutch Netherlands colonization across the seas.