The Armada de Barlovento (Windward Fleet) was a military formation that consisted of 50 ships created by the Spanish Empire to protect its overseas American...
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towns of Maracaibo and Gibraltar, Morgan was trapped by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento led by Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa. Despite being outgunned Morgan's...
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Marina Armada, the Mexican Navy Armada de Barlovento, a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s Komando Armada Barat...
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larger one again. Finally, in the autumn of 1679, de Graaf attacked the Spanish Armada de Barlovento and captured a frigate of 24-28 guns, which he renamed...
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Armada de Barlovento searches for the buccaneers base on the island of Roatán off the coast of Honduras. September – The Armada de Barlovento return to...
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28 July 1603 – Coimbra, c. 1659) was the captain general of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the Fleet of New Spain, governor of the Tercio of...
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Spanish treasure fleet (redirect from Armada de la Carrera)
was an increase of the sales tax levied to finance the fleet, the Armada de Barlovento. Between 1703 and 1705 Spanish corsair Amaro Pargo began to participate...
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July 4, 1690, Viceroy Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval y Mendoza, Count of Galve, ordered that the royal armada of Barlovento be sent to Santo Domingo. He...
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squadron, the Armada de Barlovento, was waiting for him at the narrow passage between the Caribbean and Lake Maracaibo, where the San Carlos de la Barra Fortress...
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Battle of Vigo Bay (redirect from A Batalla de Rande)
commanded by Manuel de Velasco in his armed galleon, the Jesús María y José, one of three ships forming the Armada de Barlovento whose task it was to...
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