La armada de la guarda. Defensa y naufragio en la carrera de indias
Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universdad de Sevilla, Diputación de Sevilla (Colección Americana, No. 73. Serie Nuestra América No. 43), 2021. First Edition. Paperback. 437p., tables, graphics, bib., indices, wrps. New. Item #78485
ISBN: 9788400108472
For more than a century, the Armada de la Guarda was the main formation in charge of transporting precious metals between the American colonies and the metropolis. This work analyzes the origins and organization of the naval system that made it possible to connect the Atlantic shores of the Spanish empire under the Habsburgs. With special emphasis on the ill-fated formation of 1605, which, under the command of Luis Fernández de Córdoba, knew the dangers of the sea in Caribbean waters, the construction of the galleons, the crew, the supplies, the supplies, the artillery and the route followed. After the shipwreck of this navy, when it returned to the metropolis laden with gold and silver, the search and rescue plan developed by the Crown to find the lost galleons and help the survivors is examined.
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