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Flag of New Spain
The Cross of Burgundy.
Modern Flag of Spain
The Spanish flag flown by the 1750s.
"It flies the Spanish flag."
Gombo, regarding the Spanish fort[src]

The flag of Spain, otherwise known as the Spanish flag, were at least two different symbols serving as the national flag of Spain. One flag was the Cross of Burgundy, a red diagonal cross on a white background. The second and more notable flag consisted of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red. During the Age of Piracy, the Spanish flags were flown of the Spanish forts in the New World and ships of the Spanish Royal Navy.

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"So, ready to fly Spanish colors on that ship of yours?"
Hector Hexbain to a pirate[src]

The Cross of Burgundy was adopted as the national flag of Spain shortly after the Spanish discovery of the New World. For the next two centuries, it was used on ships of the Spanish Royal Navy.[citation needed]

Around the early 1710s, when the Caribbean branch of the Spanish Navy was led by Admiral Maldonado, the new flag was adopted, a flag consisting of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe. The flag was soon used on Spanish ships, coastal fortresses, and military outposts.[1] In the 1720s, during the War of Garcia and Pierre, the flag was also used by Spanish privateers under the command of Garcia de la Avaricia.[2] In 1750, during the quest for the Fountain of Youth, The Spaniard's fleet also flew that flag, though his men carried different flags in battle.[3]

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