Essays Tagged: "spanish ships"

Sea Dogs, puppets in a poitical war

ng the Spaniards. Over this period of 200 years many shipments ofgold and treasure were stolen from Spanish ships while they were sailingfrom port to port on the Spanish main. In one attack the infamo ... ngots" (Cochran 28).There were many different and obscure English privateers who piratedagainst the Spanish, but only three of them live on now through their heroictales. The three most well known sea ...

(7 pages) 111 3 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Spanish Armada. How did it start, what happened, how many people died?

Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada was a group of armed warships that tried to invade England in 1588. ... silver from lands it had claimed in the Americas, and England wanted some of this wealth. When the Spanish Armada sailed in 1588, many of the crewmembers were inexperienced and most of the ships were ... d in 1588, many of the crewmembers were inexperienced and most of the ships were lightly armed. The Spanish warships were often called the Invincible Armada, supposedly because the Spaniards thought i ...

(1 pages) 33 1 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Why was the spanish armada defeated

A big problem with the Armada was that most of the Spanish ships were remodelled merchant ships, Made for carrying goods. They were not battle ships. T ... any very fast and long ships which had superior long range fire power. Another Problem was that the Spanish were accustomed to the Mediterranean style of fighting which required ramming, so the type o ... ood and all cannons were set to go off when flames reached them. They were set sail as close to the Spanish ships as possible, the fire would be lighted. The crew would then escape at the last possibl ...

(2 pages) 37 0 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Cosequences of the defeat of the Armada

Once the armada had been defeated only around ½ of the Spanish ships (65/130) made it back to Spain.And Over 20,000 Spanish Sailors and Soldiers were kille ... ated. In fact Spain defeated England at sea and on land in several battles in that decade after the Spanish Armada, Spain also kept an important influence over dealings in Europe and the Americas unti ... n after he Planned a new better more powerful armada similar to the English Ships. In the year 1595 Spanish ships landed in Cornwall but got burnt down.In the years 1596 and 1597 Other "Armadas" were ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Spanish Ships and Explorers.

Spanish Ships & ExplorersLet us start off by saying the Spanish/Portuguese are explorers by hear ... ways of transportation, but why did they go out and explore, what reasons led them to explore. The Spanish explored for religious reasons, political and economic reasons to explore new areas and new ... d for religious reasons, political and economic reasons to explore new areas and new regions. These Spanish conquistadors or explorers had a task during the 16th century, these were to find trading ro ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Types of Pirates: Buccaneer, Corsair, and Privateer.

t on a barbeque grill, also known as a boucan, which they learned from the Arawak Indians. When the Spanish tried to dispose of them, they decided to raid Spanish ships and towns (Cindy Vallar 1). By ... caneer meant a French or English pirate or privateer who operated in the West Indies preying on the Spanish. A buccaneer was much like a corsair who had bases in the Caribbean.Second, corsairs, derive ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Elizabeth The Golden Years Final Paper

ds court she receives a brash explorer named Walter Raleigh who presents her with spoils taken from Spanish ships. Accepting these gifts with the exception of the Spanish gold, further infuriates the ... revealed that Philip planned to use Mary's execution as a catalyst to wage war against England.The Spanish fleet outnumbered the English army and Elizabeth went among her people and delivered the Spe ...

(11 pages) 28 0 0.0 Aug/2010

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History