Islands Voyage

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The Islands Voyage, also known as the Essex-Raleigh Expedition, was an ambitious, but unsuccessful naval campaign sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, and supported by the Dutch Republic, against the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire of Philip II from the House of Habsburg during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War.

1597  Wikidata
Essex-Raleigh Expedition; Essex–Raleigh Expedition
military campaignDutch RepublicHispanic MonarchyKingdom of England


Location: 44.0323, -4.3506, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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