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WAR OF JENKINS’ EAR (1739–1742)
BRITISH CAMP ON CUBA, 1741 The British invasion of Cuba was a failure for reasons that this map of the well-defended position they established in Guantanamo Bay did not reveal. An attack on the major port of Santiago was planned, but the British troops were landed in the bay more than eighty miles away. This foolishly exposed them to a…
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Santísima Trinidad (1769)
Epitome of the first-rate ‘ship of the line’, Santísima Trinidad was designed to lead a fleet into battle and to withstand a heavy cannonade. The concept of staying-power in the face of gunfire was becoming increasingly important. These eighteenth-century scale drawings are guides to the installation of the supports for…
WAR OF JENKINS’ EAR (1739–1742)
BRITISH CAMP ON CUBA, 1741 The British invasion of Cuba was a failure for reasons that this map of the well-defended position they established in Guantanamo Bay did not reveal. An attack on the major port of Santiago was planned, but the British troops were landed in the bay more…
Isabel Barreto de Castro
During the time of the discovery of America, most of the conquerors were males. However, there were also women, who for years they went unnoticed for the official historiography. Among them, there stands out Isabel Barreto de Castro. According to the chronicles, she was born in Pontevedra in 1567 –…
Spanish 60-gun Heavy Escorts
SLR0436; Warship (1730-40); Spanish; 60 guns, stern view While the Royal Navy stagnated in the age of the establishments, the French and Spanish were building bigger and better ships. In style this model of a Spanish ship has much in common with British practice, and British shipwrights were employed in…
MANILA GALLEON TRADE
Navío Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, 50-guns 1732-1750. A Manila Galleon of the eighteenth century. Pacific Routes-Manila Galleons After the discovery of a sea route from the Philippines to Mexico in 1565, the Spanish began employing a highly profitable, though dangerous, trade route. Ships especially outfitted to carry large…
Anson’s Cruise (1740–1744)
George Anson’s capture of a Manila galleon by Samuel Scott. PRINCIPAL COMBATANTS: Britain vs. Spain PRINCIPAL THEATER(S): West coast of Spanish America and Manila, Philippines MAJOR ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES: Britain hoped to launch a preemptive strike against Spain in anticipation of the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe by…