Armada books was an imprint used to publish paperback titles from 1962 until 1995. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The greatest naval disaster in english history by luis gorrochategui santos isbn. The oncemighty flotilla was ravaged by sea storms as. Search for library items search for lists search for. Armada espanola is still the spanish term for the modern spanish navy. The spanish story of the 1588 armada reassessed jstor. Gorrochateguis book is a revised and updated translation of the spanish edition spanish ministry of defence, 2011. Between july 1588, when the spanish armada the socalled invincible. In 1985, local divers found the wreckage of three vessels of the armada that had been driven ashore in autumn 1588 at streedagh strand, north of rosses point on the west. The strategic aim was to overthrow queen elizabeth i and her establishment of. Primary source edition book online at best prices in india on. Mr howarth is a brilliant writer, full of grace and wit a.
The invincible sets sail lisbon to corunna may 9july 22 1588. So skillfully constructed it reads like a novel new york times, the armada is sure to appeal to the scholar and. The invincible armada and elizabethan england by garrett mattingly cornell. Book from the collections of oxford university language spanish. The spanish story of the 1588 armada reassessed the. Go search your store deals store gift cards sell help. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Armada is a science fiction novel by ernest cline, published on july 14, 2015 by crown publishing group a division of penguin random house. Created by gordon landsborough as the paperback imprint of may fair books ltd, it focused exclusively on books for children to buy with their pocket money. Kraus rare book and special collections reading room, library of congress. King philip ii commandeered her on 15 december 1586 at sicily, and had her armed with 32 guns for the spanish armada. Off the coast of gravelines, france, spains socalled invincible armada is defeated by an english naval force under the command of lord charles howard. The epic failure of the spanish armada i pirates youtube.
The story follows a teenager who plays an online video game about defending against an alien invasion, only to find out that the game is a simulator to prepare him and people around the world for defending against an actual alien. During the year between july, 1588 when the spanish armada, the famous invincible, set sail from spain and july, 1589 when the rest of the english replica of this fleet, the unknown english armada, reached port in england two of history s worst naval catastrophes took place. The spanish story of the 1588 armada reassessed the historical. The armada of king philip ii of spain was supposed to crush the royal navy, help the. The english armada the greatest naval disaster in english history. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Gorrochateguis book is a revised and updated translation of the spanish edition. A remarkable original source for the history of the armada is a set of.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. A history of war in europe and the middle east to the. Ireland and the spanish armada 1588 the irish story. Published august 1st 2005 by mariner books first published january 1st 1959. The greatest naval disaster in english history hpod edition. An excellent and very readable history of the armada battle and the whole. Colin martin, geoffrey parker, the spanish armada, penguin books, 1999, isbn 1904114 3. The queen prohibited any publication about the english armada also known as.
History had rarely seen a fleet the size of the spanish armada. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. List of books and articles about spanish armada online research. Search the history of over 429 billion web pages on the internet. The armada is the definitive story of the english fleets infa. Jones 1985 the eighteenth century annual bulletin of historical literature 69 1, 108 doi. The spanish story of the 1588 armada reassessed volume 33 issue 2 m. It sheds new light on an obscure, but fundamental, episode of the undeclared anglospanish war 15851604 that took place a year after the spanish armada.
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