The English Armada - Luis Gorrochategui Santos

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Auteur(s) : Luis Gorrochategui Santos

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/01/2018

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 336

Expédition : 499

Dimensions : 23.1 x 15.7 x 2.5

ISBN : 9781350019416

Résumé :

List of Illustrations
1. Introduction

Part I: The Spanish Armada
2. The Vicious Circle
3. In Corunna
4. In the Channel
5. Carrick na Spania

Part II: The English Armada
6. Preparations in England
7. Preparations in Corunna
8. The Landing
9. The Capture of Pescader?a
10. To the Walls
11. The Oath
12. The First Attacks
13. The Mined Turret
14. Mar?a Pita
15. San Ant?n and El Burgo
16. Full Sail to Lisbon
17. Heading South
18. The Landing in Peniche
19. The March Begins
20. At Loures
21. In the Outskirts of Lisbon
22. Encamisada
23. The Awakening of S?o Jorge
24. The Trojan Horses
25. Counteroffensive
26. Turning Point
27. Two Banners
28. Essex, C?rdenas and the Windmills
29. To the Sea
30. Naval Combat
31. Port-of-call in Vigo
32. Return to England

Part III: The War Continues
33. A Glove, a Lion and El Dorado
34. The End of Drake and Hawkins
35. C?diz and the North Wind
36. Crimson Taffeta
37. Peace

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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Biographie:
Luis Gorrochategui Santos teaches philosophy at IES Francisco Aguiar, Spain. He is the author of several books in Spanish including La Guerra de la Sirena (2002), Contra Armada (2011) and La Rebeli?n de los PIGS (2013), as well as numerous articles....

Sommaire:

During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history's worst naval catastrophes took place. A great deal of attention has been dedicated to the former and precious little to the latter. This book presents a full-scale account of an event which has been neglected for more than four centuries.

It reconstructs the military operations day by day for the first time, taking apart the established notion that, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England achieved maritime supremacy and the decay of Spain began. This book clearly and in a rigorously documented fashion shows how the defeat of the English Armada counterbalanced that of the Spanish, frustrating England's intention of seizing Philip II's American empire and changing the tide of the war.