![]() ![]() This book clearly and in a rigorously documented fashion shows how the defeat of the English Armada counterbalanced that of the Spanish, frustrating England's intention of seizing Philip II's American empire and changing the tide of the war. It reconstructs the military operations day by day for the first time, taking apart the established notion that, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England achieved maritime supremacy and the decay of Spain began. This book presents a full-scale account of an event which has been neglected for more than four centuries. Nueva perspectiva de Mara Pita (2002), Contra Armada. Ha compaginado su labor docente con la investigacin y ha publicado La Guerra de la Sirena. A great deal of attention has been dedicated to the former and precious little to the latter. Luis Gorrochategui Santos (La Corua, 1960) se gradu en filosofa por la Universidad de Barcelona. ![]() Return to England Part III: The War ContinuesÄuring the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history's worst naval catastrophes took place. ![]() Carrick na Spania Part II: The English Armada Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. Muchas obras se han ocupado de estudiar la Armada Invencible y su impacto en la historia de Espaa, pero hay un episodio relacionado que apenas es conocido: un ao despus, en 1589, Inglaterra lanza contra Espaa una flota de superiores proporciones: la Contra Armada. ![]()
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