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The Armada
Dan Snow describes how the Armada turned an impoverished England into a seafaring nation.
In this episode, Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity - a grand tale of the twists and turns which thrust the people of the British Isles into an indelible relationship with the sea and ships.
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