Islands Voyage
| Islands Voyage | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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England Dutch Republic |
Spain Portugal | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Robert Devereux Thomas Howard Walter Raleigh Jacob Duivenvoorde |
Martín de Padilla Alonso de Bazán Juan de Garibay | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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120–150 ships 17,000 to 20,000 men (6,000 soldiers) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| High | Low | ||||||
The Islands Voyage, also known as the Essex-Raleigh Expedition, was an ambitious, but unsuccessful naval campaign sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, and supported by the Dutch Republic, against the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire of Philip II from the House of Habsburg during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War.