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| Preface | |
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| About the Calendar | |
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| About Ships and Their Guns | |
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| Curtain Raiser: Fotheringhay, February 18, 1587 | |
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| Simplicity of a City: London, February 19, 1587 | |
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| Perplexity of Queen: Greenwich, February 19-22, 1587 | |
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| The End of a Gay Season: Paris, February 28-March 13, 1587 | |
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| Plans of Operations: Brussels, March 1-22, 1587 | |
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| The Bitter Bread: Rome, March 24-30, 1587 | |
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| God's Obvious Design: San Lorenzo de Escorial, March 24-31, 1587 | |
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| "The Wind Commands Me Away": London and Plymouth, March 25-April 12, 1587 | |
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| A Beard is Singed: Cadiz Bay, April 29-May 1, 1587 | |
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| "No Matter of Substance": The Portuguese coast, May 2-20, 1587 | |
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| Barrel Staves and Treasure: Cape St. Vincent and the Azores, May 21-June 18, 1587 | |
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| An Arm is Cut Off: Sluys, June 9-August 5, 1587 | |
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| The Happy Day: Coutras, October 20, 1587 | |
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| The Uses of Victory: France, October 21-December 16, 1587 | |
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| The Ominous Year: Western Europe, midwinter, 1587-1588 | |
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| The Company of These Noble Ships: Greenwich and English waters, January-March, 1588 | |
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| "In the Hope of a Miracle": Lisbon, February 9-April 25, 1588 | |
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| The Day of the Barricades, I: Paris, May 12, 1588, and before | |
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| The Day of the Barricades, II: Paris, May 12, 1588, and after | |
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| The Invincible Sets Sail: Lisbon to Corunna, May 9-July 22, 1588 | |
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| "The Advantage of Time and Place": Plymouth, the Sleeve and Biscay to 45[degree]N, April 18-July 30, 1588 | |
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| Entrance to the Arena: The Lizard to the Eddystone, July 30-31, 1588 | |
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| First Blood: The Eddystone to Start Point, July 31, 1588 | |
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| "A Terrible Value of Great Shot": Start Point to Portland Bill, July 31-August 2, 1588 | |
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| In Formidable Order: Portland Bill to Calais Roads, August 2-6, 1588 | |
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| The Hellburners: The neighborhood of Calais, August 6 and 7, 1588 | |
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| The Order Broken: Calais Roads to Gravelines, August 8, 1588 | |
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| The Tardy Miracle: The banks of Zeeland and the North Sea, August 9-12, 1588 | |
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| "Myself Your General": Tilbury, August 18-19, 1588 | |
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| Drake is Captured!: Western Europe, August and September, 1588 | |
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| The Long Road Home: From the North Sea, about 56[degree]N, around Ireland to Spanish ports, August 13-October 15, 1588 | |
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| End of a Tall Man: Blois, December 23, 1588 | |
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| The Winds of God: The Escurial, New Year's, 1589 | |
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| Not a Whit Dismayed: Richmond, New Year's, 1589 | |
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| Epilogue: New York, New Year's, 1959 | |
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| A General Note on Sources | |