🌊 1588 | The Spanish Armada in the English Channel What you’re seeing: An on-deck view inside the “Grande y Felicísima Armada” (Spain’s official name for the fleet, meaning “Great and Most Fortunate Armada”) as it pushes through cold, choppy Channel swells. Where is this? The English Channel (between southern England and northern France) during the Armada’s approach toward the Strait of Dover and the Flemish coast. Why did the Armada go to England? Spain’s goal was to knock England out of the w