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The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
Map of the route taken by the Spanish Armada. Source: History Department of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Source Original GIF source: Image:Routes_of_the_Spanish_Armada.gif; SVG source: Image:Routes of the Spanish Armada-es.svg; Date 2008-10-20 13:10 (UTC) Author derivative work: Hairy Dude
Map of the route taken by the Spanish Armada. Source: History Department of the United States Military Academy at West Point: Date: 20 October 2008, 13:10 (UTC) Source: Routes_of_the_Spanish_Armada.gif; Author: derivative work: RedTony ; Routes_of_the_Spanish_Armada.gif: Frank Martini. Cartographer, History Department. US Military Academy
The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Spanish: Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the Spanish: plata meaning "silver"), was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across the Atlantic.
The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England. Following its defeat at the naval battle of Gravelines , the Armada had attempted to return home through the North Atlantic , when it was driven from its course by ...
Streedagh Beach, County Sligo, where Francisco De Cuéllar was shipwrecked Map showing the route of the Spanish Armada and the ships that ran aground off Ireland's west coast. The Armada suffered heavy losses during an extraordinary season of storms in the autumn of 1588.
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, ... The wreck is also claimed by U.S.-based salvage company Sea Search Armada -- which insists it found it first more than ...
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (10 September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most noted for his role as commander of the Spanish Armada that was to attack the south of England in 1588. [1]