Tratado de Utrecht - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:37:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Tratado de Utrecht - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Discovery of Terranova and cod fishing by the people of Guipuzcoa https://historylab.es/discovery-of-terranova-and-cod-fishing-by-the-people-of-guipuzcoa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovery-of-terranova-and-cod-fishing-by-the-people-of-guipuzcoa Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/descubrimiento-de-terranova-y-de-la-pesca-del-bacalao-por-los-guipuzcoanos/ Document containing information about the discovery of Terranova by the Guipuzcoans as a result of whaling campaigns

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]]> The Treaty of Utrecht prohibited Spanish ships from accessing the Terranova fishing grounds. However, for centuries, this area was one of the most common fishing grounds for the Basques. Whaling had an extraordinary presence in the Basque economy. From the 12th to the 15th century, between the months of October and March, Basque whalers hunted whales in the Cantabrian Sea; however, from the 15th century onwards, the cetaceans began to disappear from the Cantabrian coast, so Basque fishermen had to move to Terranova. These expeditions, which lasted up to eight months and in which cod were also fished, were carried out with boats of fifty or so people.

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]]> View of the Strait of Gibraltar https://historylab.es/view-of-the-strait-of-gibraltar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-of-the-strait-of-gibraltar Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vista-del-estrecho-de-gibraltar/ The image shows a view of the Strait of Gibraltar and its surroundings, with the trenches established during the 1704 siege

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]]> After the death without descendants of Charles II, the last representative of the House of Habsburg, the War of Succession (1701-1714) for the Spanish Crown began, pitting Austracists, supporters of Archduke Charles of Austria, against Bourbons, supporters of Philip V, grandson of King Louis XIV of France. During the conflict, in 1704, Gibraltar was besieged by an Anglo-Dutch squadron in support of Archduke Charles. The interest in Gibraltar was due to its strategic location as a communications junction between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. At the end of the war, after the victory of the House of Bourbon and the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Gibraltar was ceded to Britain, thus becoming the property of the British Crown in perpetuity in territory under Spanish jurisdiction

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]]> The occupation of Gibraltar by the British in 1704 https://historylab.es/the-occupation-of-gibraltar-by-the-british-in-1704/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-occupation-of-gibraltar-by-the-british-in-1704 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:54 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-ocupacion-de-gibraltar-por-los-ingleses-en-1704/ Online article from the National Geographic History magazine on "The occupation of Gibraltar by the British in 1704"

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]]> Germán Segura’s article in the magazine Historia National Geographic explains the occupation of Gibraltar by the British in 1704 through nine images: The surrender of Gibraltar in August 1704, engraving by Johan August; The coronation of Philip V, by François Gérard; A disputed rock (photograph Peñón); British warship off the Rock of Gibraltar, by Thomas Whitcombe; Admiral George Rooke, by Michael Dahl; Bombardment and landing; Defence of Gibraltar by the English against the Spanish siege of 1779-1783, by John S. Copley; Treaty of Utrecht; The Moorish castle of Gibraltar.

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