An edition of Bernardo de Gálvez (2018)
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish Hero of the American Revolution
By Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
Publish Date
2018
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
602
Description:
A man of both empire and the Enlightenment, as viceroy of New Spain (1785-86), Bernardo de Gálvez was also pivotal in the design and implementation of Spanish colonial reforms. Extensively researched through Spanish, Mexican, and US archives, Quintero Saravia's portrait of Galvez reveals him as central to the histories of the Revolution and late eighteenth-century America. Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award 2019.
subjects: American Revolution, Heroes, Military history of the United States, Soldiers, Military history of Spain, Spain, biography, Spain, colonies, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, Florida, history, Galvez, bernardo de, 1746-1786, Biography, Viceroys, Colonies, History, Spanish Participation, Spanish colonies, American Revolution (1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668, Siege of Pensacola (Florida : 1781) fast (OCoLC)fst01354894
People: Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786)
Places: Spain, United States