The English Armada - The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History

During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history''s worst naval catastrophes took place. A great deal of attention has been dedicated to the former and precious little to the latter. This book presents a full-scale account of an event which has been neglected for more than four centuries. It reconstructs the military operations day by day for the first time, taking apart the established notion that, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England achieved maritime supremacy and the decay of Spain began. This book clearly and in a rigorously documented fashion shows how the defeat of the English Armada counterbalanced that of the Spanish, frustrating England''s intention of seizing Philip II''s American empire and changing the tide of the war.>

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• Authors: Luis Gorrochategui Santos, Dr. Luis Gorrochategui (Ies Francisco Agui Santos, Luis Gorrochategui Santos, Luis Gorrochategui (Ies Francisco Aguiar Santos
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781350019416
• ISBN: 978-1-350-01941-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; England, Europe, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Naval forces & warfare, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Naval forces and warfare, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance