A. Jorge Aguilera López
About the Mediterranean, Catalonia, Cervantes, galleys and pirates (1/2)
On the small-scale war waged by privateers, both Muslim and Christian, against the enemy's coasts and trade.
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A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jul 23, 2020
Bearded hipsters and scarred tough guys: the guards of the Barcelonian shipyard
The Royal Shipyards of Barcelona was a first-rate military infrastructure for the Spanish Monarchy, for that reason it had to be guarded.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jul 7, 2020
A lineage of Montezuma
The lineage of the Huey Tlatoani Moctezuma II was not extinguished with his death in 1520.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 23, 2020
A map for the “liberation” of Albania? (ca. 1568)
This is an excellent and beautiful map of the coasts of the strait (or channel) of Otranto, entrance of the Adriatic Sea.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 16, 2020
Account of the Battle of Szikszó (Hungary, 1588)
Hungary's history is tremendously rich and interesting, full of remarkable events and generally –and unfortunately– largely ignored.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 9, 2020
Fireproof wooden ships?
Fire has been and continues to be one of the greatest enemies that ships have had throughout history.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 7, 2020
The Greek conquistador Alejandro Maurocéfalo
Why did the king not only ennobled but also granted a monthly "pension" to the mentioned Maurocéfalo?
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 5, 2020
No timber = no ships, no ships = no Dutch: an anti-Dutch plan
The following document, can help us to get an idea of how important timber was. So important that it could cause a state to collapse
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 5, 2020
17th century Japan opened for trade?
Letter from the universal lord of Japan Tokugawa Hidetada to the Duke of Lerma (1610)
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 3, 2020
Kill it with fire!
Some “fire artefacts” «so that our enemies are burned and killed and surrendered without offending our armadas» (Santo Domingo, 1641).
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 2, 2020
Fort Mose: a refuge for slaves within Spanish Florida
Accompanying this sad but illustrative image, let me tell you about Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose.
A. Jorge Aguilera López
Jun 1, 2020
The King as a symbol of Justice
I have come across a document that we could say talks about justice and prisoners’ rights.
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