Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known as El Morro, is a large fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital city and municipality of Puerto Rico. Comm
Castillo San Felipe Del Morro
San Juan. Fort San Felipe del Morro. Puerto Rico
El Morro looking out
Bartizan of Castillo San Felipe del Morro, San Juan and the Atlantic
Francis Drake
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Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. He is also known for participating
Castillo San Felipe del Morro
…their wives, while others married Puerto Rican women, and today there are many Puerto Rican families with Portuguese last names. In 1595, Englishman Sir Francis Drake unsuccessfully attacked San Juan with his fleet in the Battle of San Juan (1595). In 1598, the English attacked again, led by George Clifford, 3rd Earl…
Portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, 1591
Portrait miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, 1581, inscribed Aetatis suae 42, An(n)o D(omi)ni 1581 ("42 years of his age, 1581 AD")
1583 portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jodocus Hondius I
Jesus of Lübeck, flagship of Sir John Hawkins