How the history of Spain is distorted
Either they don't teach it or they modify it, adding to the body of Anti-Spanish, Black legends.. That is why we are dedicated to demystifying it. Because the Spanish have internalized and accepted the black legends,
none would believe, for example, that John Smith, of Pocahontas fame, was
based on Juan Ortiz, a Spanish sailor held captive by Native Americans
in Florida. The tale of Robinson Crusoe is based on Pedro Serrano, a Spanish captain who in 1526 survived a shipwreck on a sandbank in the Caribbean Sea.
"Mr. Livingston, I suppose" don't suppose. What he discovered had already
been discovered and documented two centuries earlier, by the Spanish
missionary Pedro Páez. Darwin copied naturalist Felix de Azara research. Azara had been shouting about the evolution of species and natural selection for some time. In fact, Darwin mentioned it in his book, but deleted it in the final version. James Cook found the Hawaiians cooking with pots and pans and sputtering Spanish words. Hawaii was discovered by Ruy López de Villalobos
from Malaga in the mid-16th century, and Antarctica by Gabriel de Castilla in 1601. But recognition as the discoverer of Hawaii went to Cook who stole the Spanish maps in Manila in 1768. He just followed their course and left his name in the history books. The Wild West wasn't wild, it was Spanish with Spanish towns and roads. Even the Indian chief Jerónimo spoke Spanish and was baptized. In New Zealand and Australia there were Spanish descendants when Tasman set foot on the island for the first time. We have grown up with movies where pirates stole treasures from
Spanish ships, but the reality is that only 3% of the galleons that arrived from America were stolen by pirates, and the greatest booty of the sea was obtained by Luis de Córdova y Córdova, which seized 55 British ships in one fell swoop loaded with gold. Blas de Lezo defeated a British fleet in 1741 of 180 ships. Before, in 1589, the English lost another of more than 140 galleons when trying to attack La Coruña. But we have only heard of the Spanish Armada and Trafalgar. Alaska was visited by the Spanish and Taiwan too. For pirates, it was Pero Niño, who entered the Thames to London, and not Drake who swam away, leaving his brother and his entire fleet, which was sunk by the Spanish in the Caribbean. And so there are many, historical incidents that almost no Spaniards know about. The history of Spain and the world is written from and by the records of Anglo Saxons, mainly England. Prior to that the Dutch, Holland, and now the USA is the leading the scholarship. Here in the United States the presence of the Anti-Spanish Black Legend curiosities are beginning to be researched more thoroughly and written with more truthful accuracy.
Source: The Chest of the History of Spain on FB
The careful family education, the meticulous school instruction and the select reading cures the worst of human diseases "Ignorance"
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