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Manuel De La Cámara
Admiral Manuel de la Cámara y Livermoore (or Libermoore) (7 May 1836 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish naval officer. He saw service in many of Spain′s wars of the second half of the nineteenth century and is most notable for commanding a relief squadron that made an abortive attempt to relieve Spanish forces in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish–American War. Early life Cámara was born at Málaga, Spain, on 7 May 1836Some sources claim Cámara was born a year earlier, on 7 May 1835; see, for example''The Encyclopedia of the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars'' Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO LLC, 2009, , p. 85. One source places his birth on 30 May 1835 and his baptism on that day as well (segeneatnet.org Manuel de la Cámara Livermore Family Tree by Fernando Francisco. into a family of merchants. He was the son of José de la Cámara y Moreno (1793–1869) and Dolores Livermore Salas (1803–1875). His father was a Spanish merchant mariner and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Málaga
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most populous in Spain. It lies on the Costa del Sol (''Coast of the Sun'') of the Mediterranean, about east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about north of Africa. Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Europe and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. According to most scholars, it was founded about 770BC by the Phoenicians as ''Malaka'' ( xpu, 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀, ). From the 6th centuryBC the city was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage, and from 218BC, it was ruled by the Roman Republic and then empire as ''Malaca'' (Latin). After the fall of the empire and the end of Visigothic rule, it was under Islamic rule as ''Mālaqah'' ( ar, مالقة) for 800 years, but in 1487, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
