Audio Tour-The argument against pillage (Naval Museum)
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Welcome to the exhibition! We can learn the history of the frigate Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes. We can discover its missio...
The background is the early 19th century. In the international arena two great powers competed for dominance: The United King...
Domingo Perez de Grandallana was the Spanish Minister of the Navy at this time. He ascended the ranks gradually and became Mi...
For several centuries Spain had a large naval force. This was essential for the protection of communications with the Spanish...
As we have just seen, Spain enjoyed a peaceful relationship with the UK at this point, but still had to adequately protect it...
On October 4 1804 the Spanish fleet reached Cape Santa Maria, in the south of Portugal. It met an English fleet formed by 4 s...
On the one hand there was the Spanish fleet's commander Jose de Bustamante, who was aboard the frigate Medea. A few years ear...
Here we can see on the top of this room a historical representation of the combat. In the center it is possible to watch the ...
All the Spanish crews and ships were brought to the UK. Later on they were exchanged and they came back to Spain.The ships ...
The sinking of a valuable cargo was not the only consequence of the conflict. Also, a lot of people died inside the frigate. ...
The construction of this big ship was a highly complex process in which many people with great knowledge and a colossal infra...
Two years ago the research and construction process of this model started that we can see representing La Mercedes frigate to...
It is known that the frigate was launched in 1788, 16 years before her sinking. Therefore, It was not an old ship because it...
In addition to the cargo of coins there were valuable goods such as animal skins, quinine or vicuna wool were transported.Th...
In this showcase we can see a part of the cargo transported by La Mercedes. They are called in Spanish, reales de a ocho, but...
The number of people in a warship depended on the number of cannons she had, that is, a frigate of 34 cannons had about 300 p...
The time that people spent on board without stepping on land was long, for example, on the frigate La Mercedes passengers and...
In this last part of the exhibition we can talk about the last trip of La Mercedes. In the showcase you can see a simple piec...
Contains the map, the points of interst and additional information
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