Cover Image

Bernardo de Gálvez : Spanish hero of the American Revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quintero Saravia, Gonzalo M., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Gálvez, Bernardo de, > 1746-1786.
Soldiers > Spain > Biography.
Viceroys > New Spain > Biography.
Spain > Colonies > North America > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, Spanish.
Pensacola (Fla.) > History > Siege, 1781.
Table of Contents:
  • Early years
  • New Spain: fighting the Apache
  • Learning to be an officer and tasting defeat
  • Arrival in Louisiana and preparations for war
  • Bernardo de Gálvez takes the initiative
  • His finest hour: Pensacola, "I alone"
  • Objectives: Jamaica, return to Europe, Cuba
  • Viceroy of New Spain.