Don Álvaro de Bazán y la planificación de la Grande y Felicísima Armada (mal llamada Gran Armada)

"The Undefeated" because he suffered no known defeat in his thirty years of service to the Crown. That is the nickname by which Don Álvaro de Bazán has gone down in history after defeating the Turks at Lepanto, the French in the Azores, and countless corsairs throughout the Mediterranean. This incredible record was only tarnished by one significant event, if you will: the planning of the so-called Invincible Armada, which was actually called the Great and Most Fortunate Armada. This planning was the responsibility of Don Álvaro, and he is credited with some of the errors that led to the naval disaster of 1588, a result of the poor cartography the Spanish carried of the Irish coast, storms, poorly drawn objectives, and, to a lesser extent, the harassment by the British fleet. During the preparations for that Armada, one of the best sailors in history died, without Philip II thanking him for his services, but on the contrary, he relieved him in a bad manner.