Lapho ngiya kule ncwadi yayingadluli ku-chauvinism. Bengimane nginesifiso sokufunda ngento ebukeka ngathi ifundisiwe ngathi senzelela. Kuyafaneleka ukuthi ngo-1588 i ibutho elingahlulwa lutho ISpanish yehlulwa enhlosweni yayo yokuhlasela iNgilandi kepha, ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi impi yokugcina yavalwa eSivumelwaneni saseLondon, esivuna iSpain, kwaba nezinye izimpi eziningi lapho imikhumbi yase-Iberia yanqoba khona.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ithemba lala ma-duel olwandle, ikakhulukazi aphikisana phakathi kweSpain neNgilandi, kufanele licatshangelwe ngokuphelele. Ngaphandle kokuthi eSpain sithanda ukudalelwa ngokweqile futhi sikhumbula lezo zikhathi lapho sahlulwa khona.
Kepha futhi kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi, phakathi kwezingxabano eziningi kangaka ezibhekwe maphakathi nolwandle, ezinye izindaba zalokho okwenzekile ziba yinganekwane, nemikhawulo yayo engaqondakali phakathi kweqiniso nefantasy. Okuqinisekile ngukuthi, ngenxa yalokho okwenzeka ngemuva kwempi ngayinye (lapho iSpain yathola khona le ndebe ngezinhlobo nezizinda ezahlukahlukene), lokho kubusa kwezilwandle nezilwandle akunakuphikwa, lolo lwazi lobuciko bempi phakathi kukamasisi namaseyili.
Phakathi kwalezi ziqephu, okulandelayo kugqama: Impi yaseLa Rochelle Ukuhlaselwa kweLondon ngu-Admiral Tovar Inganekwane kaPero Niño Impi yaseSan Juan de Ulúa Impela eyingqayizivele kaCaptain Cuéllar Ukulwa kukaFrancis Drake Impi yaseFlores Island inkosi ye-Tercios Juan del Águila eKinsale Cornwall kanye ne-incursions eningizimu yeNgilandi Inganekwane yaseCartagena de Indias neBlas de Lezo I-great feat ka-El Glorious Indaba kaJorge Juan Ukubhidlizwa kwe- «double convoy» Impi e i-America esenyakatho
Manje usungathenga ivolumu Kunqotshwe iNgilandi, Incwadi entsha ka-Álvaro van de Brule, lapha: