The arquebus is a firearm with a limited effective range (less than 50 meters), quite heavy and bulky, but the latest versions of it could be supported. “Arquebuse” comes from the German Hakenbüchse. The matchlock arquebus, which appeared around 1450, weighs 5 to 9 kilograms and requires support on
Frigates appeared in the 16th century, during the golden age of the galleons. They were then small fast warships, with an open deck and lightly armed (an evolution of the simple rowing boat and lateen sail equipped with one or two pieces of artillery). Between the 16th and 19th centuries, frigates
At the end of the Great War, an international peacekeeping organization was created to prevent a new world conflict:the League of Nations (LN) was created in 1919. The outbreak of the Second World War highlights the failure of the League of Nations and its inability to ensure peace in the world. But
Following the publication of his latest book, Silver and blood. The conquest of the Inca Empire and the civil wars of Peru and his recent collaboration in the Desperta Ferro Historia Moderna #37:The Conquest of Peru , we take the opportunity to conduct this interview with Antonio Espino López (