TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rada,Pedro de
AU  - Philips,Carla Rahn
ED  - Hakluyt Society,
TI  - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-1584 
SN  - 9781908145154 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - F3191 .R3413 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge, for the Hakluyt Society
KW  - Rada, Pedro de
KW  - Relación
KW  - -- History and criticism
KW  - Spain
KW  - -- History, Naval
KW  - -- 16th century
KW  - --Sources
KW  - -- Travel
KW  - -- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)
KW  - Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Spanish
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro
KW  - 1532-1592
KW  - South Atlantic Ocean
KW  - -- Navigation
KW  - --Early works to 1800
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - -- Early works to 1800
KW  - Brazil
KW  - -- Description and travel
KW  - Armada
KW  - -- History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index; Overview -- Documentation of the voyage and Pedro de Rada's Relación -- Rada's manuscript -- Brazil as a venue for European rivalries -- The Spanish response to Drake's passage through the Strait of Magellan -- Personal conflict in the Armada of the Strait : Sarmiento versus Flores-- Planning and early preparations for the Armada -- Recruiting sailors and soldiers -- Final preparations -- The disastrous first departure from Spain -- Definitive departure of the Armada of the Strait -- From Cádiz to the  Cape Verde Islands -- Arrival and layover in Brazil, 25 March-26 October 1582 -- The best laid plans go awry: the first attempt to enter the Strait -- Encounters with the expedition of Edward Fenton -- The second attempt to reach the Strait, January-February, 1583 -- The relief mission joins the Armada -- The third attempt to reach the Strait, and Sarmiento's complaints -- Flores focuses on the Armada's military mission -- The Battle of Paraíba and the return to Iberia -- Aftermath
N2  - "This book contains the annotated translation of an account of Spain's Armada of the Strait, which traveled to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan under Don Diego Flores de Valdés in 1581-84. Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999 but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It is published here for the first time. The voyage came at a crucial juncture in global politics, when Philip II of Spain had claimed the throne of Portugal and its empire, and Francis Drake's daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas."--Provided by publisher
ER  -