Smithsonian Report, 1925. — Safford 



Plate 5 



A German Monument to Drake 



Sir Francis Drake holding a potato plant with its tubers attached. This monument stands 

 in Oflenburg, Baden, in commemoration of his alleged introduction of the Potato into 

 Europe. The inscription on the statue reads: "Sir Francis Drake, introducer of the Potato 

 into Europe, in the year of our Lord 1580." Note the potato plant in Drake's hand and the 

 decorative frieze of potatoes aroimd the base of the statue. From a photograph received 

 through the kindness of Dr. Otto Appel of BeHin-Dahlem 



