Santo Domingo’s fall stung Philip more than Cartagena’s capture.

Evidence

Probably even more than the subsequent capture of Cartagena, the fall of Santo Domingo was a stinging blow to the King of Spain. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 112

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why was Santo Domingo the sharper blow — symbolic capital as seat of royal government, or the ease of its taking?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 112
• XREF: connects to: Drake captured sixty-two brass artillery pieces at Cartagena — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 529