The Battle of Tejo took place in July 1384, in the Tagus river, between a Portuguese naval force of 34 ships with the objective of supplying the besieged city of Lisbon with much needed supplies and t
Naval battle of the Tejo (illustration by Roque Gameiro, c. 1899)
The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km, generally westward, and empties into
View of Tagus River in Toledo, Spain
A View of Toledo and the River Tagus by David Roberts, 1841