Drake's Assault on Panama
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Drake's Assault on Panama also known as the Defence of Panama was a military event that took place in January 1596 during the Anglo–Spanish War. An English expedition under the command of Francis Drak
Burial of Drake off Panama in 1596, painting by Thomas Davidson
Sir Francis Drake
Alonso de Sotomayor the Spanish soldier who organised Panama's defence
Sir Francis Drake buried at sea. One of 4 bronze relief plaques on the base of the Drake statue in Tavistock in Devon
Isthmus of Panama
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The Isthmus of Panama, historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. The country
Drake's Assault on Panama
…War. An English expedition under the command of Francis Drake and Thomas Baskerville attacked the Spanish Main via Nombre de Dios in order to cross the isthmus of Panama. Ravaged with dysentery and other diseases the English were repelled and defeated. Drake would die of the former and the expedition was forced to retreat…
An 1850 oil painting by Charles Christian Nahl: The Isthmus of Panama on the Height of the Chagres River
Francis Samuel Marryat, Crossing The Isthmus Of Panama, 1855