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Author Rahn Phillips, Carla

Title The Struggle for the South Atlantic
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages)
Series Hakluyt Society, Third Series
Hakluyt Society, Third Series
Contents Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface, Acknowledgements, and Dedication; List of Abbreviations; Weights, Measures, and Currency; Introduction; 1. Overview; 2. Documentation of the Voyage and Pedro de Rada's Relación; 3. Rada's Manuscript; 4. Brazil as a Venue for European Rivalries; 5. The Spanish Response to Drake's Passage through the Strait of Magellan; 6. Personal Conflict in the Armada of the Strait: Sarmiento versus Flores; 7. Planning and Early Preparations for the Armada; 8. Recruiting Sailors and Soldiers; 9. Final Preparations
10. The Disastrous First Departure from Spain11. Definitive Departure of the Armada of the Strait; 12. From Cádiz to the Cape Verde Islands; 13. Arrival and Layover in Brazil, 25 March-26 October 1582; 14. The Best Laid Plans Go Awry: The First Attempt to Enter the Strait; 15. Encounters with the Expedition of Edward Fenton; 16. The Second Attempt to Reach the Strait, January-February, 1583; 17. The Relief Mission Joins the Armada; 18. The Third Attempt to Reach the Strait, and Sarmiento's Complaints; 19. Flores Focuses on the Armada's Military Mission
20. The Battle of Paraíba and the Return to Iberia21. Aftermath; 22. Notes to the Translation; The Relación of Pedro De Rada; Table of Contents; Why and how His Majesty gathered the armada; From 25 September 1581, when it sailed from San Lúcar de Barrameda, until 7 October 1581; From 9 December 1581, when it left the Bahía de Cádiz, until 11 January 1582, when it arrived at the island of Santiago de Cabo Verde, and what occurred there; From 2 February 1582, when it left Santiago de Cabo Verde, until 25 March, when it arrived at the Rio de Janeiro, and what occurred there
From 2 November 1582, when it sailed from the Rio de Janeiro toward the Strait of Magellan, until 17 December, when it turned back to ward Santa CatarinaFrom 7 January 1583, when it left Santa Catarina, until 19 January, when it arrived near the Río de la Plata and Don Alonso de Sotomayor was sent to Buenos Aires; From 19 January 1583, when it left the Río de la Plata, until 17 February, when it arrived at the Strait of Magellan and was forced to turn back, until 31 March, when it arrived at São Vicente
From 28 April 1583, when it departed from Santos y São Vicente, until 9 May, when it arrived at the Rio de JaneiroFrom 2 June 1583, when it sailed from the Rio de Janeiro, until 13 July, when it arrived at Bahia; From 1 March 1584, when it left Bahia, until 19 March, when it arrived at Pernambuco; From 6 April 1584, when it departed from Pernambuco, until it arrived at the port of la Paraíba, which was taken from the French and a fort was built there; From 1 May 1584, when it departed from the port of la Paraíba, until 26 June, when it arrived at the island of Terceira
Notes From 3 July 1584, when it departed from Terceira, until 17 July, when it arrived at the Bahia de Cádiz
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ISBN 9781315406138
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