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Salamanderpendant c.1588

Salamanders like:

hot and dry conditions
cool and moist conditions
icy and snowy conditions

Salamanders were thought to be magical because:

they moved so quickly
they leapt out of fireplaces when the flame was lit
they moved from land to sea

The armada was made up of:

58 ships
95 ships
130 ships