Book on Bernardo de Gálvez y Pensacola

The book about Bernardo de Gálvez and the Pensacola Campaign of 1781 is now available on the Web. Very few Spaniards know the historical figure of Bernardo de Gálvez, even ignoring the name of this character, despite being the most important Spanish general of the eighteenth century. An unbeaten Malaga who was the terror of the English and whose victories and political action, not only helped but propitiated the independence of the United States; country for which Bernardo de Gálvez is a national hero, whose portrait adorns the US Congress, and which has been recognized by President Obama as the United States' Citizen of Honor.   Soon you will have it available in your usual library. You can download the first chapter. Simple binding, easy to read, with sheets and graphics, as well as explanatory maps that help to perfectly understand what happened. 246 pages. In color. maps. illustrations Available only in Spanish. Author: Julio Sánchez Bañón Illustrations: Juan de Dios Aragón Carrión Maps and engravings: Institute of Military History and Culture Picture of Marist Bernardo de Gálvez: Army Museum (Toledo) ISBN: 978-84-945863-3-0