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invencível armada
The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588.
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1
Here then the
Invincible
Armada
had arrived at its appointed resting- place.
2
This prodigious force obtained, in Spain, the ostentatious title of the
Invincible
Armada
.
3
Here certainly was no very triumphant beginning for the
Invincible
Armada
.
4
Spain thereupon prepared her fleet, the
Invincible
Armada
,
to attack England.
5
In 1588 the "
Invincible
Armada
"
sailed from Spain into the high seas.
6
The
Invincible
Armada
,
already sorely crippled, was standing N.N.E.
7
This fleet was christened by the Spaniards "The
Invincible
Armada
.
"
8
Lord Effingham, one of the Howards, defeated the "
Invincible
Armada
.
"
9
Every wave that dashes on the rocky shore carries a legend of the ships of the
Invincible
Armada
.
10
So strong was it that, as armada is the Spanish for a fleet, it was called the
Invincible
Armada
.
11
Philip turned upon his new antagonist and sent against England the great fleet called the "
Invincible
Armada
.
"
12
The story of the preparation and the fate of the
Invincible
Armada
is almost too well known to require repetition.
13
And the Spaniards, ostentatious of their power, and elated with vain hopes, had already denominated their navy the
Invincible
Armada
.
14
An excellent understanding between England and Holland had been the result of their united and splendid exertions against the
Invincible
Armada
.
15
Had this been done, Philip of Spain would never have been able to threaten England with his "
Invincible
Armada
.
"
16
A great fleet known as the
Invincible
Armada
,
carrying thirty thousand men, was assembled and in 1588 swept into the English channel.
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