1-625-413 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Spanish Armada, 1588 (c1850). 'In perpetuam Papistarum infamicam - Ventorum Ludibrium'. Latin text criticising the Papist Spanish, and the fact that the ships were at the mercy of the wind. The Spanish-controlled fleet which sailed against England in 1588 was defeated by the English navy helped by weather conditions.