Spanish Armada. Painting entitled "Launch of Fireships against the Spanish Armada, 7th August 1588", Netherlandish School, oil on canvas,

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"Launch of Fireships against the Spanish Armada, 7th August 1588", Netherlandish School, oil on canvas, On the night of 7 August 1588, Sir Francis Drake, second in command of the English fleet, sent in eight fire-ships to the port of Calais where the Spanish were anchored. The Spanish fleet scattered and was subsequently decimated by storms,

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