• The Armada de Barlovento (Windward Fleet) was a military formation that consisted of 50 ships created by the Spanish Empire to protect its overseas American...
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  • Marina Armada, the Mexican Navy Armada de Barlovento, a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s Komando Armada Barat...
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    towns of Maracaibo and Gibraltar, Morgan was trapped by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento led by Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa. Despite being outgunned Morgan's...
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    larger one again. Finally, in the autumn of 1679, de Graaf attacked the Spanish Armada de Barlovento and captured a frigate of 24-28 guns, which he renamed...
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  • 28 July 1603 – Coimbra, c. 1659) was the captain general of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the Fleet of New Spain (1644–1647), governor of...
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  • Armada de Barlovento searches for the buccaneers base on the island of Roatán off the coast of Honduras. September – The Armada de Barlovento return to...
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    was an increase of the sales tax levied to finance the fleet, the Armada de Barlovento. Between 1703 and 1705 Spanish corsair Amaro Pargo began to participate...
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    July 4, 1690, Viceroy Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval y Mendoza, Count of Galve, ordered that the royal armada of Barlovento be sent to Santo Domingo. He...
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    squadron, the Armada de Barlovento, was waiting for him at the narrow passage between the Caribbean and Lake Maracaibo, where the San Carlos de la Barra Fortress...
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    commanded by Manuel de Velasco in his armed galleon, the Jesús María y José, one of three ships forming the Armada de Barlovento whose task it was to...
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    Dutch victory. Henry Morgan used a fireship to defeat the Spanish Armada de Barlovento during his raid on Lake Maracaibo in Spring 1669. Dutch Raid on the...
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  • Castile. 1669 – Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan...
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    shipyard had a minor role in relation to the Armada de Barlovento., but it is with the arrival of Juan de Acosta, considered "one of the most prominent...
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    afterwards, a vessel property of the Armada de Barlovento arrived to San Juan. Bertolano told its commander, General José Roche de la Peña, about the situation...
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    Council of Orders Pedro Velaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñiga, II Lord of Tabuerniga, captain general of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the Fleet...
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  • exchange for his ship the Cassandra. Taylor became an officer in the Armada de Barlovento, hunting logwood cutters in the Caribbean. Adam Baldridge and Abraham...
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    several posts. He was in charge of collecting taxes for the Armada de Barlovento. He was also knighted in the Order of Santiago. He became the chief bailiff...
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    13 Villa de San Fernando, 10 Villa de San Antonio Padilla, 5 Nuestra Señora De Loreto de Burgos, 12 Santa Maria de Llera, 12 San Francisco de Güemes, 8...
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    military asset and reportedly outperforming the efficiency of the Armada de Barlovento. Enríquez was knighted and received the title of Don from Philip...
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  • escorted by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento. In May 1680, while at Isla Blanca, Wright and Paine joined French buccaneer Captain Michel de Grammont later capturing...
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    all Hindu temples and schools in his kingdom. May 1 – the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan...
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  • de Armendáriz, born in Quito, Ecuador, was the first Viceroy of New Spain who was born in the 'New World'. He formed the 'Navy of Barlovento' (Armada...
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    Lang, M. F. (1994). "The Armada de Barlovento, fleet despatch and transport of Mercury to Mexico, 1637-1738". Revista de Indias. 54 (202): 575–591....
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    settlements in Lake Maracaibo. He did this and then defeated the Spanish Armada de Barlovento set to trap him before heading back to Jamaica with few losses and...
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    military force to capture Nassau. Three Spanish frigates of the Armada de Barlovento were to form the backbone of the fleet under the command of Francisco...
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    de ingleses piratas (1690). Relación de lo sucedido a la armada de Barlovento en la isla de Santo Domingo con la quelna del Guarico (1691). Trofeo de...
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  • in the Battle of the Dunes in 1639 and was Captain General of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the New Spain Fleet, but who betrayed the crown...
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    all Hindu temples and schools in his kingdom. May 1 – the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan...
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    contraband, and the viceroy took steps to suppress this trade. When the Armada de Barlovento (coast guard) detained four English ships on the high seas heading...
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  • Bishop as prisoners for ransom. Soon after, the three warships of Armada de Barlovento advanced upon them with 500 soldiers, forcing them to retreat to...
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