Historia natural y moral de las Indias

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Desde Sevilla hasta Veracruz, de Acapulco a Manila o de Barcelona a Sicilia, la Armada de los Austrias españoles fue la mayor potencia naval del mundo durante casi dos siglos. Este libro analiza el sistema naval del imperio poniendo el acento en el estudio de las tripulaciones, de los barcos, de las estrategias y de las batallas. Un modelo naval global que funcionó razonablemente bien y que le permitió convertirse en una potencia hegemónica pese a la dificultad que entrañaba proteger los intereses de un vastísimo territorio. La delicada situación económica de la Monarquía Hispánica...

Su intención fue la de difundir en la España patriótica las nuevas ideas democráticas de la monarquía constitucional y alentar la convocatoria de las Cortes Constituyentes que se reunirían en la isla de león y despues en Cádiz en 1810.

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