EditorialMar?a Pita (Mar?a Mayor Fern?ndez de C?mara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English Armada commanded by Francis Drake. Portrait by Francisc...
EditorialPontus and Sidoine, a prose romance adapted from the French version of the Anglo-Norman romance, King Horn, a copy of which is in Harley MS 527. 47 chapters, each with a rubric, tell the story of Pontus, the son of King Thibor of Galicia, his exploits ...
EditorialDiary and relation of the siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589, by Captain Juan Varela. Manuscript, facsimile of the 19th century. From the Royal Galician Academy. Mar?a Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain.
EditorialJohn Singleton Copley, Sailors Maneuvering a Cannon, Possibly a Study for 'The Death of Sir John More at Corunna', American, John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 17381815 London), ca. 1810, American, Black chalk and white-chalk height...
EditorialThe storming of Corunna by Broadas. A fleet of ships bearing archers, attacking a fortification. Scaling ladders are being used. Two columns of text and a floral border.An initial and coat of arms. Pontus and Sidoine , a prose romance adapted from the ...
EditorialNegative - A Man in Front of a Camel Train, Corunna Station, Iron Knob District, South Australia, 1928, A man in front of a camel train on Corunna Station The camels are yoked in pairs and are pulling a wagon. The image was captured by T. Davidson in 1...
EditorialA pyramid decorated with military regalia and flaming spheres on a square plinth with three steps enclosed by three cannon-shaped poles, with its inscription transcribed and translated below . THE MONUMENT Erected at Corunna by the Spaniards To the Mem...
EditorialThe storming of Corunna by Broadas. A fleet of ships bearing archers, attacking a fortification. Scaling ladders are being used. Two columns of text and a floral border.An initial and coat of arms. Pontus and Sidoine , a prose romance adapted from the ...
EditorialDEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA, JANUARY 16TH, 1809, Galicia, Spain. The Battle of Corunna (or La Corunna, La Corogne) took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a...