THE HISTORIAN PERE VILÀS WILL RECEIVE THE GOLD MEDAL FROM IBIZA

The investigator Peter Vilas, recognized for his study of corsairism in Pitiusas, was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal of the city of Ibiza. The self-taught historian of 80 years he has A long career formed by nine books, in addition to multiple collaborations in other informative and specialized volumes, conferences and collaborations in the press.

His activity as a historian led him to be part of the directive of the Ibiza Nautical Club and the Institute of Ibizan Studies (IEE). This last entity commissioned The Directorate of the Biographies and Society of Eivissa I Formentera Encyclopedia and Society From the beginning of the project and is a collaborator of the nautical section.

Due to all this, es A fixed in tributes held every year to the Ibizan privateers And the Ibiza City Council trusted him to write a first proposal for a maritime museum. Además, The IEE granted him the Honor Mention St. George of 2019.

Collaboration with Ibiza Editions

the publisher Ramon Mayol, Pere Vilas and Jose M. Prats Marí show ‘The Ibizan privateers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries’.

Vilàs recently published with Ibiza Editions his work ‘THE IBIZA CORSAIRS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES‘, Framed in the collection Barbaria test. This book details The living conditions of these sailors, from their boats and their missions to their relations with the public administration of the time. The launch of this work is part of the commemorations of 25 anniversary of the registration of the Eivissa category, Biodiversity and culture as a World Heritage.

The first edition was so successful that He sold out a few days after his departure for sale. So that the 6 August Casino Des Moll will host the presentation of the second run After the tribute to the privateers in the Obelisk of the Port of Ibiza. The author of ‘Ibizan Corsairs in Gibraltar’, José M. Prats Marí, Vilàs will accompany again at the editorial event.

his unwavering faith in God and the numerous trips that brought him into contact with diverse cultures and to settle in Santa Eulària

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