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Apr 30, 2021 · ’Pirates in the Balearics’ will be broadcast in four episodes and delve into the peculiarities of piracy in the Mediterranean and its impact on the Balearic Islands where bloody battles took place, because they were the perfect strategic point to assault, take refuge and prepare attacks on other Mediterranean ports.
Nov 15, 2023 · The Talayotic people occupied two of the three Balearic islands, Majorca and Menorca. But as time passed it became clear that they were disinterested in expansion as they concentrated on building ...
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- The War of Succession: The Beginning of The Game
- Menorca in The Early 18th Century
- The British Conquest of Menorca
- British Menorca
- Vestiges of British Menorca: Gin and Bastions
At the beginning of the 18th century, King Charles II of Spain, nicknamed ‘the Bewitched’ and the last monarch of the House of Habsburg, died without descendants. However, just before he died, he named his grand-nephew Philip of Bourbon as his successor, known as Philip V. Philip was also the nephew of KingLouis XIV of France and Duke of Anjou. The...
Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometres away from the mainland, the Balearic Islands were ending a bittersweet 17th century. Sour because many of its citizens lived in misery. Sweet because the administrative laxity to which Castilehad subjected them allowed a few to indulge in corruption. For the latter, life was certainly not bad. However, when Philip ...
In 1706, with the War of Succession at its midpoint, Mallorca fell into the hands of the House of Austria, the side of Archduke Charles. When the news reached Menorca, those supporters of Charles III, who were dissatisfied with the reign of Castile, came to show their support for him. However, Dávila put down the rebellion and then subjected the Me...
During those years of British rule, the British limited themselves to the effective occupation of the eastern part of Menorca. Their intention was really to use the island as their main naval base in the Mediterranean. Politically, the British did not interfere much. However, without the opposition of the Church and small sections of the population...
As mentioned at the beginning, some vestiges of those years of occupation remain on the small Balearic island. Apart from the sash windows and some English-style houses, the British built mainly military constructions. The camí d’en Kane, a path that crossed the island from east to west and became the main transport for more than a century, is wort...
Jul 28, 2022 · From the fifth century B.C. onward, many young men from Menorca and Mallorca, skilled with slings, were recruited as mercenaries by the Punic armies, until they were absorbed by Rome after the ...
In the western Med, the Balearic Islands had long been a favourite lurking place for pirates from way back as far as Phoenician and Carthaginian times, and lying as they did at a strategic point between rival religions and kingdoms, they were occupied or attacked over the centuries by Romans, Vandals, Saracens, and even Vikings.
THE ISLAND OF CABRERA. The Island of Cabrera is made up of an archipelago of 19 islets just ten kilometres from the southern coast of Mallorca. Cabrera was declared a Maritime Terrestrial National Park in 1991, constituting one of the incredible enclaves that make up the Balearic Islands. It is a dream place that offers the visitor unspoiled ...
The Historians’ Agenda for Pirates: Describing the Balearic Campaign A short campaign in 123 BC brought the Balearic Islands, off the coast of Spain, under Roman control. Once a Carthaginian outpost and for a long time a recruiting ground for skilled slingers, the Balearics had otherwise been ignored since the Second Punic War. The main
