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The 13 pages that link to Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), each with the reason it gives.

• Philip II of SpainRelated: It grew from intervention in the Dutch revolt and rivalry over maritime power.

• English colonization of the AmericasRelated: Rivalry with Spain encouraged English efforts to challenge its American empire.

• Elizabethan eraRelated: This war intensified the era’s fiscal, naval, and diplomatic pressures.

• Francis DrakeRelated: The war formalized the rivalry that had already shaped Drake’s raids.

• PrivateeringRelated: Privateers helped England wage maritime war against a larger imperial rival.

• Roanoke ColonyRelated: Competition with Spain gave English settlement projects strategic importance.

• Philip III of SpainRelated: The conflict began before Philip’s accession and concluded early in his reign.

• Pedro Sarmiento de GamboaRelated: The war led to Sarmiento’s capture and shaped the strategic rivalry behind his mission.

• Thomas CavendishRelated: The war gave English privateering voyages like Cavendish’s an anti-Spanish purpose.