Significant1585 – 1650 · 65 years

English-Spanish Colonial Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Caribbean · Americas · Atlantic

Estimated casualties

300Ksingle estimate · no range published

English privateers and naval forces challenged Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas, capturing colonies and disrupting Spanish treasure fleets. English success enabled English colonial expansion in the Caribbean.

Belligerents2

England
Spain

ON THE MAPKingdom of EnglandSpanish Empire (Americas)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: English-Spanish Colonial Wars (1585 – 1650). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/english-spanish-colonial-wars · Sources & methodology