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An Extraordanary Atlantic Life : Sebastián Nicolás Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, Marqués de Casa-Calvo / Gilbert C. Din.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Din, Gilbert C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Casa Calvo, Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, marqués de, 1751-1820.
- Casa Calvo, Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill.
- Spain. Ejército--Officers--Biography.
- Spain.
- Spain. Ejército.
- Spaniards.
- Louisiana--History--To 1803.
- Louisiana.
- History.
- Governors--Louisiana--Biography.
- Governors.
- Cuba.
- Spaniards--Louisiana--Biography.
- Spaniards--Cuba--Biography.
- Cuba--History--To 1810.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Sebastián Nicolás Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, Marqués de Casa-Calvo
- Place of Publication:
- Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Although not widely known in Louisiana, Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta was an interim governor for two years (1799-1801), during an era that most historians have ignored. He came from a Spanish family that settled in Havana in the sixteenth century. It gradually became very wealthy because of sugar, but Sebastián chose a military career and gradually rose to the rank of general. The study reveals Spanish settlement in Cuba, Cuba's importance in the Spanish empire, Spain's economic and military decline, the French invasion of Spain (1808-1813), and Sebastián's last years in Paris. All this is accomplished despite leaving virtually no personal papers or even a picture of himself. The study helps to clarify who this person was and the times in which he lived."--Provided by puglisher.
- Contents:
- Rise of the Calvo de la Puerta family
- The Calvo de la Puerta family, 1700-1770
- Army service in peace and war, 1770-1783
- Spain and Cuba, 1783-1793
- Santo Domingo and Saint-Domingue
- Cuba and Louisiana, 1796-1801
- A return to Cuba and Louisiana1802-1806.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781935754787
- 1935754785
- OCLC:
- 940790577
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