English Ships and the Spanish Armada | The English School | 16th Century 20th Century To the right is a

To the right is a close-up of the port-side bow (from port-quarter view) of the French 'La Spartiate'

Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa

the effects of weather on the hull and the general style also acknowledge the earlier artist's subject matter

but he outlived them and was still painting into his eighties

English Ships and the Spanish Armada | The English School | 16th Century 20th Century To the right is aThe Spanish Armada was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588 under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. Medina Sidonia was an aristocrat without naval command experience but was made commander by King Philip II. The aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and her establishment of Protestantism in England, to stop English interference in