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Born 1568 • Lincolnshire • England
Died February 1643 (aged 75) • Surrey • England
Notable Works “Naval Tracts”
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queen of Spain
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Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
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Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, Marqués de
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Spanish naval commander
Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
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Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia
Spanish admiral
Juan Díaz de Solís
Spanish explorer
Roderick
king of Visigoths
Anton Fugger
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Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
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Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
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Hugo Grotius
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