The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a military operation in the Anglo-Spanish War which took place on 20 April 1657. An English Protectorate fleet under Admiral Robert Blake penetrated the heavil
Painting of the battle by Charles Dixon
General-at-Sea Robert Blake led the attack at Santa Cruz de Tenerife
A 1657 Dutch engraving depicting the battle
Spanish treasure fleet
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The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet, was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across th
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)
…fleet under Admiral Robert Blake penetrated the heavily defended harbour at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands and attacked their treasure fleet. The treasure had already been landed and was safe but the English engaged the harbour forts and the Spanish ships, many of which were scuttled and the…
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, admiral and designer of the treasure fleet system
The Spaniard Amaro Pargo, a corsair and merchant, participated in the West Indies Fleet.
A silver 8-reales (peso) coin minted in México (1621–65).
A shipyard on the river Guadalquivir in 16th century Seville, by Alonso Sánchez Coello