Hand-drawn, Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada are to go on public display for the first time. The 10 maps, believed to have been drawn the year after the famous battle of 1588 ...

A campaign has been launched to stop a collection of rare maps that chart the defeat of the Spanish Armada from being sold overseas. Ten hand-drawn maps depicting the famous battle of 1588 were ...

The most interesting of these is a comparison of a possible Spanish landing in England in 1588—had the Armada succeeded—with the successful Dutch invasion a century later, in 1688. William of Orange ...

And on 28 April 1588, with 130 ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia carrying 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. Don't miss the latest ...

The drama is set in 1588 during the attack of the Spanish Armada. A young boy - Thomas Harte - and his father have just arrived onboard one of the English ships. They are not expecting to stay ...