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Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589
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Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589 Hardcover - 1988

by R. B. Wernham


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Actions against the Spanish Armada and campaigns in the Netherlands left the Queen's coffers empty. For this reason proposals to capture the Spanish treasure fleet were given royal support. The treasure fleet homeward bound from the Americas would be intercepted in the Azores. A diversion at Santander to damage the Spanish fleet would prevent protection of the treasure fleet and, more importantly, prevent further actions against England or Ireland. However, the project was diverted further with backers wanting to re-instate Don Antonio as King of Portugal, with ideas of gaining lucrative Portuguese trade rights.

At sea a further diversion was taken, with news of shipping at Corunna and the prospect of capturing merchantmen. 'Profit was already challenging strategy'. This diversion gave their enemies more time to prepare. The failure at Lisbon was partly from a lack of co-ordination between the navy and army but also from the lack of promised support from Don Antonio's supporters.

The decision to sail for the Azores to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet was at last made only for Drake to be driven back to England by a storm. Short of supplies and with sick crews the ships were in no condition to continue with the Queen's demands so there was no great treasure and the Spanish fleet was still in being. The sale of prizes and their contents failed to cover the cost of the expedition, and so the expedition was considered a financial and strategic failure.

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  • Title Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589
  • Author R. B. Wernham
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 454
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, ALDERSHOT, HANTS.
  • Date 1988
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780566055782 / 0566055783
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Foreign relations - Spain, Spain - Foreign relations - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88157998
  • Dewey Decimal Code 942.055

About the author

Richard Wernham was born on 11 October 1906. He studied at Exeter College, Oxford from 1925 to 1928. He was appointed a Fellow of Trinity College in 1934, remaining there until 1951. He was Professor of Modern History and a Fellow of Worcester College from 1951 to 1972. He died on 17 April 1999.
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Aldershot: Navy Records Society / Temple Smith, 1988. 380 pp, 8vo (9" H) - blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold emblem on front board. B&w frontispiece, maps. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Letters and Papers: The Origins and Original Purposes of the Expedition, August-October 1588; Preparations in England, October-December 1588; Sir John Norris in the United Provinces, October-December 1588; The Troops ordered to the Ports, December 1588-January 1589; Mounting Costs, December 1588-February 1589; Difficulties and Delays, January-February 1589; Orders, Instructions, and Proposals, January-March 1589; Contrary Winds and Financial Problems, March-April 1589; The Earl of Essex joins the Expedition, April 1589; Operations at Corunna, April-May 1589; First Reactions at Home, May 1589; Operations in Portugal, May-June 1589; Return and Disbanding, June-July 1589; Recollections and Reflections, July 1589 onwards; The Hanseatic Prizes and the Dutch Flyboats; Making up the Accounts;… Read More
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