450 aniversario de la batalla de Lepanto. La gente de remo: galeotes, esclavos y buenaboyas

 

 

 

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A menudo, historiadores y cronistas nos han relatado las importantes consecuencias que la batalla de Lepanto tuvo para la civilización occidental. También han dedicado abundante atención a las maniobras tácticas y a la participación de los más señalados artífices de la victoria. En cambio, resulta mucho menos conocida la vida cotidiana de aquellos a quien, genéricamente, se denominaba “gente de remo”, a saber: los forzados o galeotes, los esclavos y los buenaboyas o remeros alistados voluntariamente (el término procede del italiano buona voglia, buena voluntad). Con este destacado descendemos a la crujía y los bancos donde, a menudo encadenados, se hacinaban quienes, con la fuerza de sus músculos, propulsaban estas embarcaciones.

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Birth of Explorer James Cook

Colaboración del Capitán Leandro Domínguez Carazo

US #1732 was issued for the 200th anniversary of Cook’s voyages to Hawaii and Alaska in 1778.

British explorer and navigator Captain James Cook was born on November 7, 1728 (October 27 in the Old Style calendar), in Marton, Yorkshire, England.

Cook attended school for five years before leaving to work with his father on a farm. At age 16, Cook found a job as a shop boy in a fishing village. He soon realized he wasn’t suited to this work, but instead, was drawn to the sea.

Cook traveled to the nearby port town of Whitby and got an apprenticeship with the Merchant Navy. This gave him experience at sea and the chance to study mathematics, navigation, and astronomy, all

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Conflict in Ukraine

 

 

 

 

Updated October 20, 2022
 conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to reject a deal for greater economic integration with the European Union (EU) were met with a violent crackdown by state security forces. The protests widened, escalating the conflict, and President Yanukovych fled the country in February 2014.

One month later, in March 2014, Russian troops took control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin cited the need to protect the rights of Russian citizens and Russian speakers in Crimea and southeast Ukraine. Russia then formally annexed the peninsula after Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation in

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Ismael Beiro,marino civil, candidato a la Alcaldía de Cádiz (AEMC)

Un ganador de Gran Hermano será el candidato andalucista contra Kichi en Cádiz: “Es un soplo de aire fresco”

 

 

 

Francisco J. Jiménez

5 de octubre de 2022 20:13h
Actualizado el 06/10/2022 05:30h

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Las elecciones municipales de Cádiz van a contar en 2023 con un candidato inesperado y que va a dar mucho que hablar. Es un escenario de incertidumbre porque José María González, Kichi, todavía

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Sweden Finds 17th Century Warship, Sister to the Famed Vasa

 

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Gun port on the sunken warship (Jim Hansson and Mikael Dunker photos courtesy of Vrak)

PUBLISHED OCT 25, 2022 8:29 PM BY 

 

 

Maritime archaeologists from Sweden’s Vrak (Museum of Wrecks) have discovered the wreck of a 17th   century warship that they believe will provide new insights both into the country’s history and the history of shipbuilding. The vessel, known as the Äpplet, is a sister ship to Sweden’s most famous historical warship the Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. Launched in 1629, the Äpplet was built by the same shipbuilder as the Vasa.

In 1625, King Gustav II Adolf ordered four warships to be built which would be among the largest ever created and show the might of Sweden. Two of the vessels were

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