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God's Obvious Design: Spanish Armada Symposium, Sligo, 1988: With an edition and translation of The Account of Francisco de Cuéllar

Door P Gallagher e.a.

Categorie	Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer	#337568-XB32
Titel	God's Obvious Design: Spanish Armada Symposium, Sligo, 1988: With an edition and translation of The Account of Francisco de Cuéllar
Auteur	Gallagher, P & D.W Cruickshank (editors)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Tamesis Books
Jaar van uitgave	1990
ISBN10	1855660008
ISBN13	9781855660007
Taal	Engels, Spaans
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, some (full page) b/w illustrations (including photographs), 8vo.
Samenvatting	This volume contains a selection of the papers read at the Spanish Armada International Symposium held in Sligo on 4-9 September, 1988. Streedagh Strand, some eight miles from Sligo town, is the most important Armada wreck site in Ireland as three major vessels were driven ashore there. A distinguished group of specialists examine afresh issues of particular concern to historians of the Spanish Armada. In particular they look at the contemporary Spanish view of Philip II's imperialism (Watson); at the compositionand equipping of the fleet (Martin, Thompson, O'Donnell); at the unpredictable influence of outside agents, notably the Dutch fleet and the appalling weather of 1588 and its consequences (Schokkenbroek, Daultrey, Hogueras and SanPio); and at the reflection of the Armada in the myt... (Lees verder)hs and literature of the time (Fernandez-Armesto, Calvar, the editors). The editors also translate and annotate de Cuéllar's remarkable first-hand account of sailing with the Armada.
Pagina's	256
Conditie	Goed — Dustjacket foxed, dust jacket slightly worn along the edges.
Prijs	€ 60,00

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