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    The Isla de León is a historical name for the piece of land between the city of Cádiz and the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. In 1813, it was renamed San...
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  • Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France Isla de León, a Spanish island Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay...
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    Setting course back to Spain on January 6, 1771, he arrived at the Isla de León on August 1, 1771. Later in his career he sailed several times to the...
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    el patrullero "Isla Pinto" (P-84)". infodefensa.com. 28 June 2023. "La Armada recibe el patrullero 'Isla Pinto' para vigilar las aguas de Melilla". Lavanguardia...
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    José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón would lead a force of 4,000 Spanish troops in a sally from Cádiz, via a pontoon bridge from the Isla de León. The Anglo-Portuguese...
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    The Álvaro de Bazán class, also known as the F100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Spanish Navy...
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    and an outbreak of yellow fever, the Supreme Central Junta moved to Isla de León, where it could be supplied and defended with the help of the Spanish...
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    1810 in the Isla de León (current day San Fernando), in the Bay of Cádiz. He was son of Francisco Serrano y Cuenca and Isabel Domínguez de Guevara Vasconcelos...
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    of Cádiz. Marshal Victor's French army had completely blockaded the Isla de León by land and were further fortifying the coast with works that supplemented...
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    José León Sánchez Alvarado (19 April 1929 – 15 November 2022) was a Costa Rican novelist best known for his works Isla de los hombres solos ("Island of...
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    Mona Island (Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It...
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    patrol boat P-114 in the territory with the Rodman-class patrol boat Isla de León. Ceuta itself is only 113 km (70 mi) distant from the main Spanish naval...
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    Histórico de la Reforma Constitucional que Hicieron las Cortes Generates y Extraordinarias Desde que se Instalaron en la Isla de León el Dia 24 de Septiembre...
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    the Battle of Augusta (French: Agosta) of 22 April 1676. built by Arsenal de Cherbourg Agosta (S 620) – Completed 1977 – Decommissioned 1997 Bévéziers...
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  • Manuel P. Villatoro (23 September 2016). "Las islas hispánicas perdidas por todo el mundo: así es el recuerdo de que España fue un imperio" (in Spanish). ABC...
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    Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship of the Spanish Navy. It is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled barquentine (schooner barque). At 113 metres...
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    aviation replacing the withdrawn aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias. The design for the Buque de Proyección Estratégica (Strategic Projection Vessel), as...
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    representation. The Cortes opened their sessions in September 1810 on the Isla de León. They consisted of 97 deputies, 47 of whom were alternates from Cádiz...
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    de Sancti Petri is a shallow channel in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, southwestern Spain. Narrow and winding, it is situated between Isla de León...
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    media related to Serviola class. "Armada Española - Ministerio de Defensa - Gobierno de España". "Gibraltar Slams New 'Incursion' By Spanish Navy". Defence...
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    Francisco de Isla (24 April 1703 – 2 November 1781) was a Spanish Jesuit, celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist in the style of Miguel de Cervantes...
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    Utila (redirect from Isla de Útila)
    Utila (Spanish: Isla de Utila) is the smallest of Honduras' major Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican...
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    de Zuazo is a battery located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It was built by Felipe II to help defend the Isla de León....
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    that some of the former members of the Junta had taken refuge on the Isla de León in Cadiz. This was confirmed in Buenos Aires on May 17, when the British...
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  • Independence. Then Carmen Silva assumed the post. The magazine was based in Isla de León, today Cadiz. El Robespierre Español adopted an Aristotelian approach...
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    The Meteoro-class offshore patrol vessel, also known as Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM), are modular offshore patrol vessels of the Spanish Navy adapted...
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    Santa María Álvaro de Bazán Bonifaz Patrol boats Meteoro Descubierta Serviola Chilreu Anaga Toralla Aresa Cabo Fradera Isla de León Minehunters Segura...
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    Antonio de Ulloa (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish Navy officer, scientist and colonial administrator. At the age of nineteen, he joined the...
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    Santa María de la Isla is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality...
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  • the Marquis de Campverde. He was taken prisoner at Gerona in 1809, but managed to escape and made his way to join Blake's army at Isla de León. Promoted...
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