The Spanish Armadas
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1972. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2297807
First edition. Half inch tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel. Lightly foxed, jacket and pages faintly toned.
288 pp. 32 pages of color plates and 109 black-and-white illustrations. "A vivid summary is made of the disruptive forces in Europe that, through thirty years, broken down the tradition of amity between England and Spain. It shows how, from the meeting in 1554 between Philip and Elizabeth, the two maintained their respect for each other and a facade of peace long after the wish for peace had gone. Although the clash of the two great fleets provides the central theme of this work, it makes clear that the defeat of the First Armada did not mean the end of the Spanish navy but rather its beginning on new lines. After 1588 England had only one other real success against Span, at Cadiz in 1596. Spain launched three more armadas."
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