Friday, May 1, 2020

Research list of wars in the Black Powder era

I found this Wiki entry that list wars from 1500-1799. This is basically the era of black powder. It’s a great site to look at to find research information. Say you are interested in painting some Spanish Blood and Plunder figures from about the 1630’s. You would start with this site and see that from 1625-1630 there was the Anglo Spanish war.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwj3iLinopTpAhVRrJ4KHVT9BcEQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_wars%3A_1500%25E2%2580%25931799&usg=AOvVaw2j8rMkL4k5sHnuqbdw0I98

Jump to that war and we see In 1629, a Spanish naval expedition, commanded by Admiral Don Fadrique de Toledo, was sent to deal with the recently established Anglo-French colonies on the Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The territories were regarded by the Spanish Empire as its own since the islands were discovered by the Spanish in 1498 and the English and French colonies had grown sufficiently to be considered a threat to the Spanish West Indies. In the Battle of St. Kitts, the heavily armed settlements on both islands were destroyed and the Spanish seized the islands.

We jump to the battle of St Kitts and we see a painting by Felix Casrello, an oil on canvas created in 1634.


In the fore ground appear to be Spanish soldiers marching to battle.  There is no real uniformity to their uniforms as far as color goes. We can also see some ship detail, terrain, and fortifications. 

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