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This is a list of weapons used by the Spanish Army, one of the world's oldest armies, with its history dating back to the 16th century. Spanish-American War [ edit ]
The Carracks black sword, sometimes called a crab sword, is a type of sword invented in Portugal, during the 15th century. It was used by Portuguese and Spanish soldiers and sailors in ships and caravels in the Age of Discovery. [1] [2] [3]
By the end of the 16th century and during the 17th century, beginning with Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation in (1577–1580), English, French, Dutch and buccaneer raiders ravaged Spanish trade and ports along the Pacific coasts and forced the Spanish to fortify El Callao, Panama, Acapulco, and other settlements and ports.
Royal Armory of Madrid. The Royal Armoury of Madrid or Real Armería de Madrid, is a collection that, among many other things, contains the personal arms of the Kings of Spain, and also houses military weapons, armours and diplomatic works of art like mixed tapestries, paintings and other works of art and trophies.
The capture of Rheinfelden (1633). The Spanish empire was one of the most powerful in the world and one of largest in history.. The military history of Spain, from the period of the Carthaginian conquests over the Phoenicians to the former Afghan War spans a period of more than 2200 years, and includes the history of battles fought in the territory of modern Spain, as well as her former and ...
“During the 14th to 15th century there (was) a lot of piracy on the Baltic Sea,” one of the study authors said. 15th century shipwreck reveals ‘surprising’ cargo and weapons for fending ...
List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans This page was last edited on 8 August 2023, at 22:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...