Drake Burned Spain's Barrel Wood, and Doomed the Armada
Early Modern Europe

Drake Burned Spain's Barrel Wood, and Doomed the Armada

Drake's 1587 raid on Cádiz barely scratched the Spanish fleet, but it burned something that would doom the Armada a year later.

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Early Modern EuropeSpain16th CenturyNaval WarfareFrancis DrakeSpanish ArmadaLogisticsCádizPhilip IIMaritime History

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