Anglo-Spanish naval warfare

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Anglo-Spanish naval warfare refers to the series of naval conflicts and campaigns between England and Spain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, centered on control of sea routes, colonial dominance, and religious-political rivalry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
naval conflict ⓘ
cause colonial rivalry ⓘ
control of sea routes ⓘ
political rivalry in Europe ⓘ
religious conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism ⓘ
conflictBetween England ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
conflictType naval warfare ⓘ
privateering campaign ⓘ
endTime early 17th century ⓘ
hasPart Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) ⓘ
Battle of Flores (1591) ⓘ
Battle of Gravelines (1588) ⓘ
Battle of San Juan (1595) ⓘ
Battle of the Downs (1639) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Downs

Cadiz raid (1587) ⓘ
Capture of Cadiz (1596) ⓘ
Drake–Norris Expedition (1589) ⓘ
Islands Voyage (1597) ⓘ
Spanish Armada campaign (1588) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Armada
historicalContext Reformation conflicts in Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Age of Sail ⓘ
involves English privateers ⓘ
Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ
armed merchantmen ⓘ
convoy systems ⓘ
galleons ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Iberian Atlantic coast ⓘ
Low Countries waters ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
mainBelligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
notableCommander Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ⓘ
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ⓘ
Francis Drake ⓘ
John Hawkins ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz ⓘ
relatedTo Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
result decline of Spanish naval supremacy in northern waters ⓘ
disruption of Spanish Atlantic trade ⓘ
rise of English seapower ⓘ
startTime late 16th century ⓘ

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Raid on Cadiz (1587) → relatedTo → Anglo-Spanish naval warfare ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → partOf → Anglo-Spanish Wars ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Spanish naval warfare
siege of A Coruña → militaryTheater → Atlantic theater of the Anglo-Spanish War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Spanish naval warfare