EL INGENIERO MILITAR IGNACIO SALA, GOBERNADOR Y COMANDANTE GENERAL DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS. NOTICIAS DE SU PASE A INDIAS Y DE SU LABOR EN LAS DEFENSAS DE LA CIUDAD

P.  Cruz-Freire

doi:10.12795/LA.2013.i25.24

THE MILITARY ENGINEER IGNACIO SALA, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CITY OF CARTAGENA DE INDIAS. SOME NEWS ABOUT HIS MOVE TO WEST INDIES AND WORK IN THE CITY’S DEFENSES

Authors

P. Cruz-Freire University of Seville. S`pain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/LA.2013.i25.24

Keywords:

Sala, Engineer, Cartagena de Indias, Bocachica and Bocagrande

Abstract

The present article analyzes some of the most relevant aspects of the royal document by which the military engineer Ignacio Sala is nominated Governor and Commander in Chief of the city and province of Cartagena de Indias in 1749. It examines the details of his employment and trip. The article also assays the circumstances for which his participation becames necessary in the remodeling of defenses of the Caribbean city and some of his proyects and jobs.