Spanish Armada
War broke out between Spain and England in 1585. Drake sailed to the New World and sacked the ports of Santo Domingo and Cartagena in present-day Colombia. On June 6, 1586, during the return leg of the voyage, he raided the Spanish fort of San AugustÃn in Spanish Florida. These acts encouraged Philip II of Spain to order planning for an invasion of England.
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