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Article: PUZZLING OUT THE SPANISH ARMADA.
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Legend tells us that Sir Francis Drake was playing a game of bowls on grounds near Plymouth, just inland from the coast in southwest England, when the Armada was first sighted in the English Channel. "Play out the game," Drake reportedly said. "We still have time to finish the game and to thrash the Spanish, too." Other legends tell us that the Armada was huge and invincible, that God directed the wind to aid the English, that the defeat of the Spanish Armada immediately led to England's rise as a sea power and Spain's demise as one. Although people generally believe that rumors and stories such as these are based on fact, they cannot be verified.
Fortunately, ...