Spanish Armada The Experience of War In 1588

Name: Spanish Armada The Experience of War In 1588
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ISBN: 9780198229261

ISBN-10: 0198229267

ISBN-13: 9780198229261

Edition: 1988 (Reprint)

Authors: Felipe Fernï¿½ndez-Armesto, Felipe Fernï¿½ndez-Armesto

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The "defeat" of the Spanish Armada by the Royal Navy in 1588 is a story every schoolchild knows. Linked in British history with the beginning of England's naval supremacy, it has been presented for years as a David-and-Goliath showdown in which the Armada, then the uncontested ruler of the seas, was roundly defeated by a British force that was roughly a third the size of the Armada. The Spanish Armada challenges that view. On the 400th anniversary of the famous sea battle, it offers a more balanced account of the confrontation between the Spanish and British naval powers than has previously been presented. According to Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, the British did not "defeat" the Spaniards;…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/4/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 318
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.50" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English