VI. THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA. A. D. 1588.

Significance of the Term; Philip II; His Character; Determines to

Invade England; The Duke of Parma; Foresight of Elizabeth; The

Armada Ready; An Enormous Fleet; It Encounters a Tempest; Mutiny;

The Armada reaches the English Channel in July; Lord Howard,

Drake, Frobisher and Hawkins in Command of the English Fleet;

Tactics of the English; Capture of the “Santa Anna” by Drake; The

Spanish Reach Calais; Disappointment of the Spanish Commander;

Another Storm Sets In; Distress in the Spanish Fleet; The English

hang on its Rear and cut off Straggling Vessels; Shipwreck and

Disaster Overtake the Armada on the Scottish and Irish Coast; A

Fearful Loss of Life; Apparent Indifference of Philip II

Concerning the Armada’s Failure; The Beginning of Spain’s

Decline. I-85

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