The Spanish Armada was a great Spanish fleet; in fact it was one of the greatest .
It was put together by Philip II as part of an attempt by him to invade England. .
Philip was born on May 21st 1527 and lived to be seventy-three years old. He was the .
reigning king of Spain for forty-two years. He also gained more power with the death of .
his father King Charles the fifth, The Holy Roman Emperor, gave him most of the land in .
the Americas including Brazil, Bahamas, and Cuba. This wealth and power only gave .
Phillip a greater thirst for more land. So he continued on his disastrous campaigns that .
included the attempted land invasion of the Dutch common people also known as the .
Low Countries, the valiant attempt of the Ottoman Empire, and what brings us here, the .
attempted naval takeover of England.
The Armada itself was assembled in 1588 like I said before, for the sole purpose .
of the takeover of the English Kingdom. King Philip believed that after his failed .
attempts at taking over the Low Countries by land the only way to defeat them was by .
cutting off their resources, mainly the English, the other main focus for attacking England .
was that they were beginning to make huge claims in the New World and Philip believed .
that he had to stop the takeover of what he thought was his land. .
So King Philip decided to embark on a journey that would spell the downfall of .
Spanish conquest. The assembly of ships totaled over 130 that were huge for that time .
and King Philip's right hand man; The Duque de Medina Sidonia commanded this fleet. .
And was going to be assisted by another man in Calais; Farnese who would deliver .
