• Carlos de Amésquita (also Carlos de Amézqueta or Carlos de Amézola) was a Spanish naval officer of the 16th century. He is remembered for his raid on English...
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    Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo Alfredo Urdaci Carlos de Amésquita Jeffrey Amestoy José de Armendáriz Alfredo Arrieta Simon Bolivar Cosme Damián de Churruca...
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    of 1585-1604. It was conducted by a Spanish naval squadron led by Carlos de Amésquita on patrol from Brittany, France. The Spanish made landfall in Mount's...
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    victories. In August 1595, a Spanish naval force from Brittany led by Carlos de Amésquita landed in Cornwall, raiding and burning Penzance and several nearby...
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    and Paul, was attacked in the 1595 raid on Mount's Bay by Spaniard Carlos de Amésquita, the only surviving building being the 'Keigwin Arms', a local pub...
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    300 horses. In this squadron of 32 Andalusia troopships included Carlos de Amésquita who had raided Cornwall two years earlier. These carried the elite...
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    of 1585–1604. It was conducted by a Spanish naval squadron led by Carlos de Amésquita on patrol from Brittany. They landed, sacked and burned Newlyn, Mousehole...
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    (Nuestra Señora de Begoña, Salvador, Peregrina and Bazana) from the fleet commanded by Pedro de Zubiaur, and led by Carlos de Amesquita raided the southwestern...
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    Penzance to be destroyed in the Spanish raid of 1595 carried out by Carlos de Amésquita. Captain Stephen Hutchens (died 1709, Port Royal, Jamaica) bequeathed...
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    years, achieving a singular prominence in the expedition led by Carlos de Amésquita when he landed in Cornwall with 400 troops in August 1595. The Spanish...
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    in Cornwall had been attacked by a Spanish raiding force led by Carlos de Amésquita. In that attack over two days, Penzance, Newlyn, Mousehole, and Paul...
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    Spanish force of four galleys transporting 400 arquebusiers under Don Carlos de Amesquita, which had been patrolling the Channel, landed troops in Cornwall...
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    the Channel. 1595: Raid on Mount's Bay. Spanish forces under Don Carlos de Amesquita, land in Penzance area raiding and sacking settlements, including...
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    The Peruvian Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Peruana de Fútbol or FPF) is the body that governs Association football in Peru. It was founded on...
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