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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.
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Spanish Armada

Spanish naval fleet
Also known as: Armada Española, Armada Invencible, Invincible Armada(Show More)
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Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. England’s attempts to repel this fleet involved the first naval battles to be fought entirely with heavy guns, and the failure of Spain’s enterprise saved England and the Netherlands from possible absorption into the Spanish empire. Philip had long been contemplating an attempt to restore the Roman Catholic faith in...

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