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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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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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Modified link of Web site: BBC - Spanish Armada: Wreck's discovery remembered 50 years on. Jul 09, 2026
Add new Web site: NASA - Landsat Science - Winds of Change: Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Nov 06, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Spanish Armada: Wreck's discovery remembered 50 years on. Feb 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Salcombe Maritime Museum - The Spanish Armada 1588 (PDF). Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: The British Historical Society of Portugal - The Spanish Armada in Lisbon: preparing to invade England. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Top 10 myths and muddles about the Spanish?Armada. Sep 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Apr 01, 2024
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The Armada of 1588. Dec 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Fall of the Spanish Armada. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - The "Invincible" Armada, 1588. Sep 08, 2023
Replaced media. Jun 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - The history of the Spanish Armada. May 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Historic UK - The Spanish Armada. Mar 03, 2023
Add new Web site: British Battles - The Spanish Armada. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Spanish Armada. Sep 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth I’s speech to the troops at Tilbury. Dec 13, 2019
Add new Web site: Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth I’s speech to the troops at Tilbury. Dec 13, 2019
Media added. Jun 14, 2017
Add new Web site: The Spanish War History - The Spanish Armada. Dec 29, 2016
Media added. Jul 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - Spanish Armada. Apr 02, 2013
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - The Spanish Armada. Apr 02, 2013
Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Spanish Armada (1588). Apr 02, 2013
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - Spanish Armada. Apr 02, 2013
Article restructured. Sep 01, 2009
Added new Web site: AllMusic - Gilda Radner. Dec 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Invicta Media - Spanish Armada. Dec 22, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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