Professor Dominic Tweddle, Director General of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, looks at one of the 'Armada Maps' at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The ten rare maps costing GBP 600,000, which plot the defeat of the Spanish Armada, have been saved from export by two grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, along with a public fundraising campaign which raised the shortfall in funding in just two months. Issue date: Wednesday January 27, 2021. PA Photo. The 'Armada Maps' are ten ink and watercolour maps that plot the defeat of the Spanish Armada. They are thought to be the earliest surviving representations of the naval battles, and have not left the UK since they were first drawn in 1589. See PA story HERITAGE Armada. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
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Professor Dominic Tweddle, Director General of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, looks at one of the ‘Armada Maps’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The ten rare maps costing GBP 600,000, which plot the defeat of the Spanish Armada, have been saved from export by two grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, along with a public fundraising campaign which raised the shortfall in funding in just two months. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
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