. Drake and the Tudor navy, with a history of the rise of England as a maritime power. and known as Puntales, which ran from theinner side of the isthmus eastward towards the main-landtill it left an opening only half a mile wide, but it wasnot yet protected by any defensive works. Immediatelyopposite the town on the further side of the outerharbour was Port Saint Mary, and within the Puntalespassage at the extreme end of the inlet stood Port Koyal ;both places, however, were so well protected by shoals asto be unapproachable without a port pilot. Apart fromthe danger of the batteries such a p
. Drake and the Tudor navy, with a history of the rise of England as a maritime power. and known as Puntales, which ran from theinner side of the isthmus eastward towards the main-landtill it left an opening only half a mile wide, but it wasnot yet protected by any defensive works. Immediatelyopposite the town on the further side of the outerharbour was Port Saint Mary, and within the Puntalespassage at the extreme end of the inlet stood Port Koyal ;both places, however, were so well protected by shoals asto be unapproachable without a port pilot. Apart fromthe danger of the batteries such a piece of confined waterwas an ideal scene of action for galleys to develop theirfull capabilities. About a dozen of them were stationedat Cadiz, and this must have been known in the The 1 De Castro, History of Cadiz, and Boroughs chart in Dom. cciii. 28. 2 The Spanish account sent to Venice says Don Pedro de Acufia was therewith seven galleys and one galleon, but these seem to be the squadron thatbegan the attack and not to include the two galleys that cut off a frigate.
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