And now for "Back in the days in Europe". In 1588, Spain decided it was tired of them smug English people. So they prepared 130 ships, named them "the invincible armada" and off they sailed to cut themselves some roast beef slices. Came back only 67 ships, with none of their objectives cleared. However, they did piss the English off, that prepared a fleet of 130 ships in 1589, aptly named the "counter-armada". Off they sailed to chop themselves a few slices of ham. When they came back, 40 ships had been lost, the rest of the crew were all sick, none of their objectives were cleared. Funny fact : 90% of the ships lost were not lost to the Spanish, nor to the English, but to the storms. The men that survived the bad weather were mostly taken by disease. A few were indeed killed in acts of war. Good old times in Europe.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:16:51 +0000
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