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- Spanish Armada
Fleet of Spanish ships, intended to attack England in 1588
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England,) 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. His orders were to sail up the English Channel, join with the Duke of Parma in Flanders, and escort an invasion force... Wikipedia
