A Fortaleza de Humaitá: entre o mito e a realidade
The Humaitá Fortress was the most important military engineering work of the Republic of Paraguay in the López Period (1841-1870). Although since the time of Doctor Jose Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, in the period of Independence (1811-1840), there had already been a river guard, such a guard was mod...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Navigator |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistanavigator.com.br/navig27/dossie/N27_dossie1.pdf |
| Summary: | The Humaitá Fortress was the most important military engineering work of the Republic of Paraguay in the López Period (1841-1870). Although since the time of Doctor Jose Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, in the period of Independence (1811-1840), there had already been a river guard, such a guard was modest and its construction materialized only after the serious diplomatic conflict with the Empire which led to the expedition of Admiral Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (1854-1855) and another international impasse, in this case with the United States, after the incident with the Water Witch. During the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), the Humaitá Fortress in the Paraguayan Quadrangle was the vital center of the Paraguayan defense and around which most of the war broke out during the Humaitá Campaign (1866- 1868). |
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| ISSN: | 0100-1248 0100-1248 |