England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)

A Declaration of the Causes, which mooved the chiefe Commanders of the Nauie of her most excellent Maiestie the Queene of England, in their voyage and expedition for Portingal, to take and arrest in the mouth of the Riuer of Lisbone, certaine Shippes of corne and other prouisions of warre bound for the said Citie Prepared for the seruices of the King of Spaine, in the Ports and Prouinces within and about the Sownde, the 30. day of Iune, in the yeere of our Lord 1589. and of her Maiesties raigne the one and thirtie

Amidst a time of plots and rising maritime tensions, a nation defends its bold naval actions, revealing a calculated strategy to cripple its formidable rival.

By England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)