A. Jorge Aguilera López Oct 28, 2020 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.
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).
