What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 1585 – 28 Nov 1585
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.92° N, 23.60° W
- Description
- sacking of the Portuguese colony by Francis Drake
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Capture of Santiago (1585)
Sacking of the Portuguese colony by Francis Drake
The Capture of Santiago was a military engagement that took place between 11 and 28 November 1585 during the newly declared Anglo-Spanish War. An English expedition led by Francis Drake captured the port town of Cidade Velha in the Cape Verde islands that had recently belonged to the Crown of Portugal. He sacked it and then marched inland before doing the same at São Domingos and Praia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-Spanish War: The island of Santiago in Cape Verde is captured by Francis Drake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page