Los Arabes

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La obra recoge el primer volumen de ponencias y comunicaciones presentadas al XII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Americanistas, celebrado, en torno al tema «Huelva y América», entre el 17 y el 20 de septiembre de 2007. Los trabajos de Alberto de la Hera, Julián Ruiz Rivera, Cristina García Bernal, José Luis Casado Soto, Enriqueta Vila, Fernando Navarro Antolín o Eloy Navarro constituyen una novedosa aportación al panorama del americanismo. Las actas se publican, además, como homenaje al profesor don Luis Navarro García en su paso a profesor emérito.

Cuando España declaró en 1779 la guerra contra Gran Bretaña para ayudar a los Estados Unidos a ganar su independencia, el rey Carlos III le encomendó a Bernardo de Gálvez la difícil misión de recuperar las fortalezas de los ingleses en el Golfo de México, de las que la más importante y mejor defendida era la plaza de Pensacola. Pero cuando Gálvez consiguió desembarcar sus tropas en las inmediaciones de esa plaza, el comandante de la flota, el capitán Calvo de Irazábal, se negó a que sus buques entrasen en la bahía por temor al fuego de las baterías inglesas. Decidido a jugarse ...