Bernardo de Gálvez (V) – Governor of New Spain
Source:GEHM From what was left of the walls of the newly conquered fortification, cannonading bega [...]
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Bernardo de Gálvez (IV) – Pensacola. I Alone.
Source:GEHM After nine days at sea, he arrived at the island of Santa Rosa, which closed the bay t [...]
Bernardo de Gálvez (III) – The capture of Fort Charlotte at Mobile (Alabama)
Source:GEHM However, the Spanish soldier knew that he must not lose the initiative that had worked [...]
Bernardo de Gálvez (II) – The campaign to conquer the Floridas begins
Source:GEHM The naval dominion acquired by the Franco-Spanish anticipation made it possible to carr [...]
Bernardo de Gálvez (I) – The Legend begins
If there is one example of a Spaniard who is better known abroad than in his own country, it is Bernardo de Gálvez. His decisive actions made possible the birth of the great world power of our time. In spite of all this, the recognition given to him is far less than he deserves.
Bahamas 1782: The Last Battle of the Revolutionary War
History books cite Yorktown (1781) as the last battle of American Independence, but seven months later, a joint Spanish-American expedition captured Nassau in the Bahamas on May 8, 1782. General Juan Manuel Cagigal led 2,500 Spanish troops transported by Commodore Alexander Gillon's South Carolina vessels. The Bahamas, strategically important as a privateers' haven, were part of King Charles III's American strategy following Bernardo de Gálvez's victories in Louisiana and Florida. British Governor Maxwell surrendered without casualties. This little-known expedition represents the true final campaign of the American Revolution, concluded by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Early Spanish Exploration in the US: The Pacific Coast
Source:Las raíces hispanas de los Estados Unidos Text adapted from the magazine The Hispanic Roots [...]
Gayoso de Lemos or the Golden Age of Spanish Louisiana
Source:El Debate To him we owe the quadrangular layout of Natchez and its further development, the [...]
Luis de Unzaga, the Spanish mastermind who helped in the birth of the United States
Source:El Debate In 1776, he addressed a letter to General Lee with the title "General of the Unit [...]
Captain Churruca, honour and death at Trafalgar
Source:Sonrisas en el camino The people must know their history I don't know what is pushing us in [...]