The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation for repelling the e
Illustration of Elizabeth delivering the speech
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth made to commemorate the Spanish Armada's defeat
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
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
…1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Before the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover in the Battle of Gravelines eleven days earlier, and had by then rounded Scotland…
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