Author: Francis Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846828751
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Captain Francisco de Cuéllar was an officer who served with the ill-fated Spanish Armada. He was shipwrecked on the coast of Co. Sligo in September 1588. Known to Irish history for the extraordinary account he wrote of his experiences in Ireland, he survived a hurricane-force storm that destroyed his ship and killed most of those on board. A castaway, he found shelter among the Gaelic Irish of the northwest for seven months before he was helped to reach Scotland, and later, the Low Countries. But Captain Cuéllar's Irish adventure was only one of many in a remarkable military career. Drawing on previously undiscovered documents from Spanish and Belgian archives, this book chronicles, for the first time, Cuéllar's entire military service - from the earliest evidence of him as a soldier in 1578, to our final glimpse of him in 1606.
Author: Colin Martin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300268920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 869
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The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised “Will surely become the definitive account.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal In July 1588 the Spanish Armada sailed from Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel—and then a fierce naval battle—foiled the planned invasion. Many myths still surround these events. The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that fateful encounter? Drawing on archives from around the world, Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker also deploy vital new evidence from Armada shipwrecks off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. Their gripping, beautifully illustrated account provides a fresh understanding of how the rival fleets came into being; how they looked, sounded, and smelled; and what happened when they finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain inevitable, and at the political and dynastic aftermath, Armada deconstructs the many legends to reveal why, ultimately, the bold Spanish mission failed.
Author: Raymond Fagel
Publisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 946270287X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Julián Romero, Sancho Dávila, Cristóbal de Mondragón, and Francisco de Valdés were prominent Spanish military commanders during the first decade of the Revolt in the Low Countries (1567–1577). Occupying key positions in this conflict, they featured as central characters in various war narratives and episodical descriptions of the events they were involved in, ranging from chronicles, poems, theatre plays, engravings, and songs to news pamphlets. To this day, they still figure as protagonists of historical novels: brave heroes in some, cruel oppressors in others. Yet personal, first-hand accounts also exist. Archival research into the letters written by these commanders now makes it possible to include their perspectives and the way they describe their own experiences. Looking through the eyes of four Spanish commanders, Protagonists of War provides the reader with an alternative reading of the Revolt, contrasting the subjective experiences of these protagonists with fictionalised perceptions.
Author: Juliana Adelman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526160706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of animals formed a key component of urban change, from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing.
Author: Francisco de Cuellar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armada, 1588
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Author: George Ticknor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Author: Francisco de Cuellar
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1909906190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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This is an extraordinarily bleak account of the survival of Francisco De C ellar's, captain of the San Pedro, shipwrecked off the Sligo coast along with other vessels of the Spanish Armada. Washed up on Streedagh, injured and virtually naked, he faced a series of horrors ashore. Appalled by the sight of the bodies of twelve of his compatriots hanging from the ceiling of a ruined monastery and hounded by English troops and some locals, he bundled his way from horror to horror, in constant fear of capture and certain death in the English garrisoned North Sligo/Leitrim area. He eventually found refuge with chieftains of the clans O'Rourke and McClancy, before making his way northward to and escaping to Scotland.
Author: Neil Schlager
Publisher: Gale
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Exploration and Discovery - Life Sciences - Mathematics - Medicine - Physical Sciences - Technology and Invention.
Author: Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Author: Roy Stokes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445653334
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Roy Stokes explores the history of famous shipwrecks off the Irish Coast.
