Cadiz Gallery

The English Fleet Before Cadiz, (1596), 1890. Creator: Unknown

The English Fleet Before Cadiz, (1596), 1890. The Battle of Cadiz, June 20 to July 5, 1596. English naval forces under Francis Drake delayed Spanish plans to invade England. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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Parliament of Cadiz (1811), promulgated by the deputies of the Cadiz Constitution of 1812

Parliament of Cadiz (1811), promulgated by the deputies of the Cadiz Constitution of 1812, for the Spanish monarchy regime, signed on March 18, 1812

1812, 19th Century, Cadiz, Colour, Constitution, Cortes, Enactment, History, Horizontal, Members, Monarchy, Parliament, Private Collection, Santiago Ortega, Spain, Spanish, Unknown

Letter from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, to William Cecil, 1st July 1596.Artist: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Letter from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, to William Cecil, 1st July 1596. Letter written from the port of Cadiz (which Essex refers to as Cales'), to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer, on Essex's capture of Cadiz and destruction of the Spanish feet (21, 22nd June) and praying Burghley to plead for him until his return, lest he should be brought into the Queen's displeasure. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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