María Pita (María Mayor Fernández de Cámara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada in 1589, commanded by Francis Drake. Document on the complaint filed by María Pita against the stonemason Pedro Soto for revile (1618). Detail. From the Archive of the Kingdom of Galicia. María Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain.

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