IBICENCOS CORSARIOS IN PALMA
This Thursday 20 de marzo, a las 19.00 Hours presented the 2nd edition of the book by José María Prats ‘Corsarios Ibicencos in Gibraltar’ (Ibiza Editons), In the Military History Museum of Balearic Islands, located on Sant Miquel de Palma street in an act that will be attended by the author and the editor, Ramon Mayol,.
Many Ibizan sailors participated in the attempt to recover Gibraltar, forming part of the endowments of the jabeques of the Royal Navy or aboard their own corsair ships. Among the documents that are preserved in the Historical Archive of Ibiza, the names of Miguel García stand out, antonio sierra, Bernardo Guasch, Rafael Prats, Juan Ros, Bartolome Cavanillas and, above all, Antonio Ferrer's, xebek pattern Saint Teresa of Jesus.
The author
José María P. Marí He born in Ibiza in 1959. It's official General Corps of the Navy, specialty Naval Aviation Pilot (AVP) Staff and graduate from the School of Command and General Staff UK (JSCSC). He is the author of several articles on military operations in professional journals. As a child he heard tell the story of the battleship Deutschland lips of his father, Witness of the incident and old sailors of the Ibiza Yacht Club.
One day, when he is walking between the shelves of the library JSCSC, He encountered by chance with the collection of The Times of the time and revived in his imagination the incident that had been told so many times. He has collaborated in the television History Channel series Pirates in the Balearic Islands.
He has written several books, among which are: BATTLESHIP Bombardment DEUTSCHLAND (Ibiza editions), a book of which they have already published six editions or Pere Sala Medina, the last fight of a corsair (MIQUEL COSTA EDITOR) "To publicize the incident in the most rigorous and enjoyable as possible and, both, try to make the reader enjoy reading ". He is also co-author of Strategy, a way of thinking.
en 2023 publica «Ibizan corsairs in Gibraltar» (Ibiza editions) that now presents its 2nd edition in Palma. This book has already been presented in Ibiza, In Madrid and Barcelona.
LITERARY PRESENTATION
Thursday 20 March 2025
19 horas
Balearic Military History Museum
C/ sant miquel, 69
Palma
Reservations: Tel. 971 227 21
Free entrance until capacity
