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Battle of the Spanish Armada

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Noun1.Battle of the Spanish Armada - in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
English Channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain


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Startling connections are made across lands, cultures, and epochs as the author cites similarities in the ways the English regarded the Irish and the Native Americans, explains how differing Catholic and Protestant philosophies were reflected in the battle of the Spanish Armada, and compares sixteenth- and twentieth-century British colonialism.
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado by P.D.S. / The Horn Book Magazine
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