United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.1194341738The pickled ear of Captain Robert Jenkins became a rallying point for Englishmen eager to challenge Spanish power in the New World. The 1738 satirical cartoon depicts Prime Minister Robert Walpole swooning when confronted with the Spanish-sliced ear, which led to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.Image of a 1738 satirical cartoon depicting British Prime Minister Robert Walpole swooning when confronted with the pickled ear of Captain Robert Jenkins, which led to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. The ear of Captain Robert Jenkins became a rallying point for Englishmen eager to challenge Spanish power in the New World.Although the War of Jenkins' Ear remains a minor episode in early American history, it has much significance for colonial Georgia.The conflict between the Spanish and English over the land between South Carolina and Florida lasted for nearly two centuries, but once formal hostilities began in 1739--only six years after Georgia's founding--the survival of the colony hung in the balance. A combination of defeats and victories preserved Georgia, but for a time the colony's preservation seemed a dim hope.image/jpegenghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/war-jenkins-earhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/war-jenkins-earPrime ministers--England--LondonPoliticians--England--LondonStatesmen--England--LondonWarPolitical cartoonsEngland--Politics and government--18th century--Caricatures and cartoonsAnglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775War of Jenkins' EarStillImage