Custodied in the Revillagigedo Archive that the Government acquired last year, ABC now accesses the letters in which the famous one-eyed, one-armed and lame sailor demanded from the State the salaries and recognition that they owed him for his many services to Spain.
At the age of 15, this man born in the Guipuzcoan town of Pasajes de San Pedro was already sailing the waters of the Mare Nostrum. He was hardly a brave cabin boy when he participated in the battle of Vélez-Málaga back in 1704. He also fought in the second siege…
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