the Spanish Main

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• (the) Spanish Main — the Spanish Main [the Spanish Main] a former name for the ↑Caribbean Sea and the north east coast of South America. In the 16th and 17th centuries many Spanish ships sailed through this area, carrying gold back to Spain. They were often attacked… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Spanish Main — Infobox Film name = The Spanish Main imdb id = 0038108 director = Frank Borzage producer = Frank Borzage (uncredited) Robert Fellows (executive producer) Stephen Ames (associate producer) writer = Aeneas MacKenzie (story) George Worthing Yates… …   Wikipedia

• The Saint on the Spanish Main — infobox Book | name = The Saint on the Spanish Main title orig = translator = image caption = 1955 paperback edition author = Leslie Charteris cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Saint genre = Mystery, Short… …   Wikipedia

• Pirates of the Spanish Main — Schiffe aus dem Spiel mit selbstgebastelter Insel Pirates of the Spanish Main (Deutsch: Piraten der spanischen Meere) ist ein von WizKids Inc. erfundenes „Constructible Strategy Game“. Dabei vereint es in sich die beiden Genres des Tabletops und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pirates of the Spanish Main — est un jeu de cartes à collectionner et à construire de 2004 autrefois édité par Wizkids. Il fut distribué en France par Asmodée sous le nom de Pirates du Nouveau Monde. Comme son nom l indique, le monde imaginaire où se déroule l action est… …   Wikipédia en Français

• The Spanish Main —    Voir Pavillon noir …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• Spanish Main — The Spanish Main was the mainland coast of the Spanish Empire around the Caribbean. The mainland of which was initially called Spanish America (thus, Spanish Main ), it included Florida, Mexico, Central America and the north coast of South… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish Main — the Spanish Main the area around the coast of northern South America, from which Spanish ships carried gold and ↑treasure back to Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. Many of these ships were attacked by ↑pirates, and there are many stories… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Spanish Armada —     The Spanish Armada     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Spanish Armada     The Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada (infra), and more correctly La Armada Grande, was a fleet (I) intended to invade England and to put an end to the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Spanish main — Spanish Span ish, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. [1913 Webster] {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spine tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Spanish Curate — is a late Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. It premiered on the stage in 1622, and was first published in 1647.Date and sourceThe play was licensed for production by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of… …   Wikipedia