įor no apparent reason, names have been changed through the centuries for example Sir John Hawkins always signed himself "Hawkyns" and Sir Martin Frobisher signed himself "Frobiser", and there are many other examples, but only the modern spellings are used here. To prevent confusion, only the Gregorian dates are used, and years begin on 1 January. So from 1 January to 24 March 1588, English years are written as 1587. Another peculiarity is that the legal and official year in England began on 25 March. Consequently English dates for this period lagged ten days behind the Continent thus the 21st July 1588 in England was 31st July 1588 on the Continent. There is a difference in dates between the English and other accounts of this event because western Europe was using the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory, and England continuing to use the Julian calendar as they wouldn’t use the Catholic calendar for another hundred years. With that caveat I hope the following account is not too inaccurate. Particularly, it is difficult to obtain accurate data about wind speeds and direction at particular times of day to explain why certain manoeuvres were made. Typically, they differ on dates, time of day, tonnage of ships, and even ship’s names. This is not helped by many authors, in trying to explain events, filling in the gaps with their own invention and interpretation. There are just glimpses, being mainly individual’s view on events. Although the Spanish records are the most complete. This is partly due to there being no comprehensive contemporary account. IntroductionĪlthough there are many books and accounts written about the Armada, they are remarkable in that no two agree entirely on just what happened. The Spanish Armada of 1588 World Naval Ships Forums Archive 20% FURTHER PRICE REDUCTIONS ON HUNDREDS OF LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTSīUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE ON THOUSANDS OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTSįOR MORE OFFERS SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
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