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The Blockade of Western Cuba, also known as the Watts' West Indies Expedition of 1591, was an English privateering naval operation that took place off the Spanish colonial island of Cuba in the Caribbean during the Anglo–Spanish War. The expedition along with the blockade took place between May and July 1591 led by Ralph Lane and Michael Geare with a large financial investment from John Watts and Sir Walter Raleigh. They intercepted and took a number of Spanish ships, some of which belonged to a Spanish plate convoy of Admiral Antonio Navarro, and protected by the Spanish navy under Admiral Diego de la Ribera intending to rid English privateers. The English took or burnt a total of ten Spanish ships including two galleons, one of which was a valuable prize. With this success and the loss o

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  • Blockade of Western Cuba (en)
  • Blocco di Cuba occidentale (it)
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  • The Blockade of Western Cuba, also known as the Watts' West Indies Expedition of 1591, was an English privateering naval operation that took place off the Spanish colonial island of Cuba in the Caribbean during the Anglo–Spanish War. The expedition along with the blockade took place between May and July 1591 led by Ralph Lane and Michael Geare with a large financial investment from John Watts and Sir Walter Raleigh. They intercepted and took a number of Spanish ships, some of which belonged to a Spanish plate convoy of Admiral Antonio Navarro, and protected by the Spanish navy under Admiral Diego de la Ribera intending to rid English privateers. The English took or burnt a total of ten Spanish ships including two galleons, one of which was a valuable prize. With this success and the loss o (en)
  • Il blocco di Cuba occidentale noto anche come spedizione di Watts nelle Indie occidentali del 1591 fu un'azione piratesca inglese che ebbe luogo al largo dell'isola di Cuba, nei Caraibi (all'epoca possedimento spagnolo), nel corso della guerra anglo-spagnola. La spedizione assieme al periodo di blocco ebbe luogo tra il maggio ed il luglio del 1591 e venne guidata da Ralph Lane e da Michael Geare con un notevole investimento da pate del mercante londinese e Sir Walter Raleigh. Il gruppo di navi inglesi intercettò e catturò un gran numero di navi spagnole molte delle quali appartenevano alla flotta tesoriera spagnola dell'ammiraglio Navarro ed erano protette da navi della marina spagnola al comando dell'ammiraglio Diego de la Ribera per difenderle proprio dai pirati inglesi. Gli inglesi cat (it)
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  • Blockade of Western Cuba (1591) (en)
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