Battle of San Juan de Ulúa
1568 · Event
A Spanish fleet treacherously attacks John Hawkins's slaving squadron sheltering at Veracruz; only Hawkins and his young kinsman Francis Drake escape, and Drake begins a lifelong war on Spain.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, England, Master, Spain, Latin America
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