Chapter 57
Constructing up the British army. Meanwhile she labored in secret to damage the Spanish economy, which she noticed as its handiest weak point. Spain's full-size, increasing empire inside the New World made it effective, but that empire was a ways away. To maintain it and make the most of it, Philip changed into totally dependent on delivery, a tremendous fleet that he paid for with sizeable loans from Italian bankers. His credit score with these banks depended on the safe passage of his ships bringing gold from the New World. The power of Spain rested on a susceptible foundation. And so Queen Elizabeth unleashed her greatest captain, Sir Francis Drake, on the Spanish treasure ships. He was to appear to be running on his very own, a pirate out for his own earnings. No one become to underst
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