Spanish Armada
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The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, and was the largest engagement of the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War. The Armada was commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke
Route of the Spanish Armada
Philip II of Spain c. 1580, National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Elizabeth I c. 1585, Trinity College, Cambridge
The Surrender of Pedro de Valdés (commander of the Squadron of Andalusia) to Francis Drake aboard the Revenge during the attack of the Spanish Armada, 1588, by John Seymour Lucas
English Armada
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The English Armada, also known as the Counter Armada, the Drake–Norris Expedition, or the Portugal Expedition, was an attack fleet sent against Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England that sailed on 28
Spanish Armada
…of naval guns and battle tactics by the English. The following year, England organized a similar large-scale campaign against Spain, known as the "English Armada", and sometimes called the "counter-armada of 1589", which failed. Three further Spanish armadas were sent against England and Ireland in 1596, 1597…
Philip II of Spain
Queen Elizabeth I
Dom António, Prior of Crato, pretender to the throne of Portugal
English galleon Ark Royal from 1587