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The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84 - The Armada of the Strait, 1581-1584 (Paperback)
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The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84 - The Armada of the Strait, 1581-1584 (Paperback)
Series: Hakluyt Society, Third Series
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The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores de Valdes in
1581-84 came at a crucial juncture in global politics. Philip II of
Spain had assumed the crown of Portugal and its overseas empire,
and Francis Drake's daring peacetime raids had challenged the
dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas. The armada was
intended to ensure the loyalty of Portuguese Brazil; bolster its
defences against hostile native peoples, and English and French
pirates and interlopers; and fortify and settle the Strait of
Magellan to prevent further incursions into the Pacific. Pedro de
Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral
chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999
but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino,
California. It is published here for the first time. Previous
historical assessments of the expedition have largely reflected the
writings of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, governor-designate for the
planned colony at the Strait, who blamed all the misfortunes of the
enterprise on Diego Flores de Valdes. Rada's Relacion is presented
here in conjunction with other documentation and compared with
Sarmiento de Gamboa's accusations. The results will force scholars
to revise long-standing conclusions regarding the place of
Sarmiento and Flores in Spanish history and the accomplishments of
a long-forgotten armada sent into the terrifying waters of the
South Atlantic.
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