An Extraordinary Atlantic Life
Subtitle: Sebastián Nicolás Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, Marqués de Casa-Calvo
By: Gilbert C. Din
Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Lafayette, LA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781935754787
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Biography; Officers; History; Governors; Spaniards; Armed Forces; Spain. Ejército; Spain
Other titles: Sebastián Nicolás Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, Marqués de Casa-Calvo
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Preface; title: Rise of the Calvo de la Puerta family; title: The Calvo de la Puerta family, 1700-1770; title: Army service in peace and war, 1770-1783; title: Spain and Cuba, 1783-1793; title: Santo Domingo and Saint-Domingue; title: Cuba and Louisiana, 1796-1801; title: A return to Cuba and Louisiana, 1802-1806; title: Journey's end, 1806-1820; title: Bibliography; title: Index