Two panegyrics (prose and verse) on the Battle of the Downs.

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In the Battle of the Downs, the Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp defeated a large Spanish fleet bound for Flanders, marking the end of Spanish naval power. In a preliminary battle, the Action of 18 September 1639, Tromp was the first fleet commander known for the deliberate use of line of battle tactics.
1. Oratio panegyrica de victa Hispanorum regis classe [...] principe Frederico Henrico [...] Martino Trompio maris vice-praefecto, recitata in Illustri Amstelodamensium gymnasio XIII Novemb. anni M DC XXXIX. Amsterdam, J. & C. Blaeu, 1639. 36 pp. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. STCN 850079578. - Harmsen/Hofland (Barlaeus) Petit 68. - 2. Auriacus triumphans sive In victam potentissimi Hispaniorum regis, in Freto Britannico, classem Poemation [...]. Ibidem, 1639. 19-[1] pp. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. STCN 850081165. - Harmsen/Hofland (Barlaeus) Petit 69.
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