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[The English engage the Spanish Fleet near Plymouth on 31 July 1588]
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Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
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The Armada in the Strait of Dover (Drawing)
The Defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588...Presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lord Farnborough G C B (Print)
Pewter flask (Flask)
A view of the Engagement between the English Fleet, and the Spanish Invincible Armada off the Start Point, near Plymouth (Print)
Contrafactuer der Hispanischen and Englischen Armada... (Print)
Admiral Sir William Winter in the Vanguard destroying the Spanish fleet, Juli 29, 1588 (Print)
Vertooninge van de outsachlyke Spaanische Krygs vloot, in den Jaare 1588 (Print)
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Print)
Armada 1588. 27th July the pursuit up the Straits. Also twenty two cameo portraits (Print)
Destruction of the Spanish Armarda (Print)
Armada 1588. The first engagement. Capture of De Valdez galleon by Drake (two images) (Print)
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Print)
Victory over Spanish Fleet (Print)
Armada 1588. The Spanish fleet off the Lizard. The English fleet in pursuit opposite Fowey (two framed images) (Print)
Armada 1588. Capture of the San Salvador. The action off Portland (two images) (Print)
Destruction of the Spanish Armarda (Print)
Destruction of the Spanish Armada, Septr 1588 from The British Trident (Print)
Grand Victory over the formidable Spanish Armada, by Lord Howard, the Admirals Sr Francis Drake, Forbisher &c in the Year 1588. Engraved for Raymond's History of England (Print)
Clasis Hispanica celebessima quae anno celebessimo CB.B. LXXXVIII. inter Galliam Britaniamg venit & peryt (Print)
Armada 1588. First engagement between the English and Spanish Fleets. From Tapestry hangings in the House of Lords (Print)
Engagement between the English and Spanish Fleets on July 25th, 1588 off the Ise of Wight. From Tapestry Hangings in the House of Lords (Print)
The Spanish Armada Sailing from Ferrol-12th July 1588...(Starting for the conquest of England) (Print)
The Defeat off Gravelines. The Armada July 30 1588 HMS Vanguard (Print)
The attack of the Vanguard (commanded by Sir Wm Winter) on the Spanish Armada, August 8th 1588 (Print)
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