Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation was a voyage of raid and exploration by English navigator and sailor Thomas Cavendish which took place during the Anglo–Spanish War between 21 July 1586 and 9 Septe
Cavendish captures the Spanish treasure galleon Santa Ana off Cabo San Lucas
Cavendish's three English ships in Port Desire
Portrait of Thomas Cavendish
The North Pacific currents and winds used by both the Manila Galleon and Cavendish to get to Guam and the Philippines – the North Pacific Gyre
The Anglo-Spanish War was an intermittent conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was t
English ships and the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588, unknown artist
Siege of Grave in 1586
![The Battle of Gravelines, 8 August 1588,[better source needed] by Nicholas Hilliard](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/La_batalla_de_Gravelinas%2C_por_Nicholas_Hilliard.jpg/500px-La_batalla_de_Gravelinas%2C_por_Nicholas_Hilliard.jpg)
The Battle of Gravelines, 8 August 1588,[better source needed] by Nicholas Hilliard
The flagship of the Duke of Medina Sidonia: the San Martin is attacked off the coast of Dover from port side by the English Rainbow and from starboard by the Dutch Gouden Leeuw, Dover, 8 August 1588