ALEJANDRO O'REILLY Y EL INGENIERO BELTRÁN BEAUMONT EN SANTIAGO DE CUBA: CAUSAS Y PRINCIPIOS DE UN PROYECTO DE FORTIFICACIÓN FRUSTRADO (1764-1766)

Ignacio J. López Hernández  López Hernández

doi:10.12795/Temas-Americanistas.2021.i46.17

No. 46 (2021), Artículos

No. 46 (2021)

ALEJANDRO O'REILLY AND THE ENGINEER BELTRÁN BEAUMONT IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA: CAUSES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL FORTIFICATION PROJECT (1764-1766)

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https://doi.org/10.12795/Temas-Americanistas.2021.i46.17

Published 2021-06-30

Ignacio J. López Hernández López Hernández⁺⁻

Ignacio J. López Hernández López Hernández

Universidad de Almería

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Keywords

Alejandro O'Reilly
fortificación
Santiago de Cuba Alejandro O'Reilly
Fortification
Santiago de Cuba

How to Cite

López Hernández, I. J. L. H. (2021). ALEJANDRO O’REILLY AND THE ENGINEER BELTRÁN BEAUMONT IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA: CAUSES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL FORTIFICATION PROJECT (1764-1766). Temas Americanistas, (46), 396–421. https://doi.org/10.12795/Temas-Americanistas.2021.i46.17

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Abstract

The end of the Seven Years' War had a decisive impact on the defensive configuration of the Spanish American territories in the following years. This article aims to identify how Santiago de Cuba was involved in this new strategy by documenting an unknown fortification project by the engineer Beltrán Beaumont and the Marshal Alejandro O'Reilly. Its analysis will allow us to recognise a both personal and technical conflict as the cause of its unsuccessful implementation.