Rare maps charting defeat of Spanish Armada saved from being sold
A set of rare maps which chart the defeat of the Spanish Armada have beensaved from being sold overseas thanks to an urgent..
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Spanish Armada
Fleet of Spanish ships, intended to attack England in 1588
The Spanish Armada was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from Corunna in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. Medina Sidonia was an aristocrat without naval command experience but was made commander by King Philip II. The aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and her establishment of Protestantism in England, to stop English interference in the Spanish Netherlands and to stop the harm caused by English and Dutch privateering ships that interfered with Spanish interests in the Americas.
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