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Also Known As Armada Invencible • Invincible Armada • Armada Española
Areas Of Involvement naval warfare
Related People Philip II • Álvaro de Bazán, Marqués de Santa Cruz • Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia

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Spanish Armada
Historical map showing the route of the Spanish Armada in 1588, with red arrows tracing the fleet's path from Lisbon, Portugal, up the coast of Spain, through the English Channel past England and France, around Scotland and Ireland, and back toward Spain. Major battle sites along the route are marked with crossed swords.
Spanish Armada
Painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada, with burning and damaged ships, sailors in turmoil, and stormy seas under a dramatic sky.
Spanish Aramada
Know about the factors that led to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in an attempt to invade England, 1588
Know about the tapestries in Parliament commemorating England's victory over the Spanish Armada, which were destroyed by fire, and the project to re-create them as paintings
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