The Voyage Of The Armada
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The Voyage Of The Armada
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Author : David Armine Howarth
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1982
The Voyage Of The Armada written by David Armine Howarth and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Armada, 1588 categories.
The Voyage Of The Armada
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Author : David Howarth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Voyage Of The Armada written by David Howarth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Armada, 1588 categories.
In May of 1588, on the order of Spain's King Philip, 30,000 soldiers and sailors armed with arquebus and musket set out to sea. There were sixty-five galleons and other major ships of war, twenty-five urcas, and many more smaller vessels. A larger fleet had never before been assembled. In "The Voyage of the Armada," David Howarth brilliantly conveys the drama of the Spanish Armada's progress and brings to life the personalities of the men who influenced its course, from the dogmatic and irrational Philip II to Don Juan Martinez de Recalde, a veteran of many sea campaigns, to Don Pedro and Don Diego de Valdes, who were cousins but also bitter enemies, to the Spanish soldiers and sailors who unquestioningly ventured into unknown seas to confront their fates. In 1884, almost three hundred years after the Armada, Cesareo Fernandez Duro, a Spanish naval captain, published one hundred and ninety-nine letters and documents of the sixteenth century that he had discovered in the royal archives. The general public, however, remained ignorant of much of this material portraying the events of the Armada from the Spanish perspective. Basing his narrative on previously unexplored Spanish sources, David Howarth shows that there is always another side to every conflict. Illustrated with lavish maps and portraits of some of the more notable characters involved, "The Voyage of the Armada" recounts the adventures of these brave men as they go from battles to storms to wrecks and then, finally -- for the lucky ones -- return home.
Erin S Hope
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Author : Tom Walsh
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-11-21
Erin S Hope written by Tom Walsh and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-21 with categories.
In the spring of 1867, with the new underwater cable bringing word to America of a rising throughout Ireland, the New York-based Fenian Brotherhood decides to make good on a long-standing commitment to provide military aid to its counterpart in Ireland, the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Experienced Union Army officers -- Civil War veterans of the Federal Army's Irish Brigades -- become cargo, along with thousands of long-stockpiled weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition. All are loaded aboard a two-masted, square-rigged brigantine that sails in April from Sandy Hook, New York, to Ireland's western highlands. The rest, as they say, is history. "Erin's Hope" is a historical novel that blends real and composite characters into actual and fictionalized events associated with the little-known nautical expedition that took a one-ship Fenian "armada" on a 9,000-mile voyage that proved to be a military mission that both succeeded admirably and failed miserably. Through its main characters, "Erin's Hope" traces the social, political, economic and deeply personal origins of 19th Century Irish-American involvement in what remains, well more than a century later, an ongoing struggle over British involvement in Irish affairs.
The Tsar S Last Armada
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Author : Konstantin Pleshakov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Tsar S Last Armada written by Konstantin Pleshakov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The old imperial navy was woefully unprepared.".
Sir Francis Drake S West Indian Voyage 1585 86
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Author : Sir Francis Drake
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 1981-01-01
Sir Francis Drake S West Indian Voyage 1585 86 written by Sir Francis Drake and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-01-01 with History categories.
Documents published and unpublished, particularly journals kept aboard the ships, including the newly-discovered Leicester journal, with drawings of episodes made by the voyage's artist. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1981.
The Tsar S Last Armada
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Author : Constantine Pleshakov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-07-01
The Tsar S Last Armada written by Constantine Pleshakov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-01 with categories.
On May 14, 1905, for the first time, an Asian nation defeated a European power. Russia's total defeat at Tsushima, the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese war, confirmed Japan as a rising superpower & would-be ruler of the East. In a single day the Russian fleet was annihilated, while Japan lost only 3 destroyers. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The defeat at Tsushima was the last & greatest of many indignities incurred by the Russian fleet, which had traveled halfway around the world to reach the battle, dogged every mile by bad luck & misadventure. Despite its importance & its drama, the history of the Battle of Tsushima has long been neglected in the West. Illustrations.
England Spain And The Gran Armada 1585 1604
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Author : Mía J. Rodríguez-Salgado
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1991
England Spain And The Gran Armada 1585 1604 written by Mía J. Rodríguez-Salgado and has been published by Hyperion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
The Struggle For The South Atlantic The Armada Of The Strait 1581 84
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Author : Carla Rahn Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-14
The Struggle For The South Atlantic The Armada Of The Strait 1581 84 written by Carla Rahn Phillips and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with History categories.
"This book contains the annotated translation of an account of Spain's Armada of the Strait, which traveled to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan under Don Diego Flores de Valdés in 1581-84. Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999 but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It is published here for the first time. The voyage came at a crucial juncture in global politics, when Philip II of Spain had claimed the throne of Portugal and its empire, and Francis Drake's daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas."--Provided by publisher.
The Confident Hope Of A Miracle
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Author : Neil Hanson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
The Confident Hope Of A Miracle written by Neil Hanson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
The real story of the Spanish Armada. In the winter of 1587 the Spanish Armada, the largest force of warships ever assembled, set sail to crush the English navy. This breathtaking overview of one of the most fascinating campaigns in European history begins with the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, the event that precipitated the launching of the Armada. From the first whispers of the threat against England and the English crown, to the return of the battered remnants of the fleet to Spain eighteen months later, it is a story rich in incident and intrigue. In this controversial study, Neil Hanson claims that Francis Drake’s intention was not to sink the Armada ships but to disable and plunder them. He further claims that Queen Elizabeth was a monarch who left many of the survivors of the battle to die of disease or starvation and whose parsimony, prevarication and cynicism left her unable to make crucial decisions. Drawing on previously undiscovered personal papers, Neil Hanson conveys in vivid detail how the highest and the lowest in the land fared in those turbulent months when the destiny of all Europe hung in the balance. From the Trade Paperback edition.
English Privateering Voyages To The West Indies 1588 1595
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Author : Kenneth R. Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-05-15
English Privateering Voyages To The West Indies 1588 1595 written by Kenneth R. Andrews and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with History categories.
Documents, some summarized entirely or in part, relating to twenty-five voyages, drawn mainly from the records of the High Court of Admiralty, with selections from narratives printed by Hakluyt and from a quantity of translations by I.A. Wright of originals (1593-5) in the Archivo General de Indias in Seville intended for a further volume on English West Indies Voyages (see Second Series 66, 71 and 99). The Introduction gives an account of the Court itself and of privateering during the Spanish war and in the West Indies. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1959.