The Story of Majorca and MinorcaMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
History
The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
Balearic Islands (Spain) -- History
Port Mahon, 225;
founded, 227;
Alfonso III. at, 232;
built by order of Alfonso III., 235;
taken by Barbarossa, 237, 238;
joyfully received the British, 247;
a base for the British fleet, 253, 285;
Sir George Byng’s fleet at, 255;
capital under the British, 263;
description, 264
Portolani. _See_ Valseca.
Porto Pi, Moorish army at, 17, 28, 29;
King Jayme landed at, 42, 165;
hotel at, 218
Portugal: Infante Don Pedro, 40;
Isabel, Queen, 95
Prehistoric remains in Minorca: (1) towns; (2) naus; (3) taulas or
bilithons; (4) talayuts, 222-225
Procida, John of, 78
Provençal fleet, 66
Provence, Count of: daughters all Queens, 57
Puebla, 164, 186
Puig Cerdan, pass in the Pyrenees, 154
Puig Galatzo, 8
Puig Mayor, 8, 41
Puig de Massanella, 41
Puig de l’Ofre, 41
Puigdorfila, noble Majorcan family, 109;
Guillermo de, friend of King Jayme II., 118;
Juan de, 182;
murdered by Comuneros, 183
Pula, 246
Pyrenees, 1;
paths known to La Figuera, 63;
crossed by Jayme IV., 154
Quadruple Alliance, 254
Quinctilius Varro, 226
_Ramillies_, H.M.S., Byng’s flagship, 274
Ramiro I., first King of Aragon, 2
Ramis, Juan Ramis y, Chronicler of Minorca, wrote the ‘Alonsiada,’ 235;
his list of ‘Talayots,’ 223;
on the botany of Minorca, 270 (_n_)
Randa, 115
Raxa, country seat of the Counts of Montenegro, 195, 197
Raymond, Berenger, Cousin of Jayme I., 6;
Count of Barcelona 2, 4
Reggio, 64
_Revenge_, H.M.S., 274
Richard III. of England, 5
Richelieu, Duc de, captured Minorca, 273, 275
Ricos Hombres, 4
Robert, King of Naples, 92, 102;
starved Rocafort to death, 123;
designs against Federigo, 127;
landed at Palermo, 128;
besieged Trapani, truce, 128
Robertson, Mr., sent by Mr. Frere to communicate with Romana, 204
Rocaberti, Jofre, Viscount, 13;
Count of Campofranco, 109;
Pedro, Archbishop of Tarragona, 134
Rocafort, a knight in attendance on Jayme I., 18;
Berenguer de, a leader of the Catalan Company, 103;
disputes with Entenza, 105;
intrigues against Prince Fernando, 121, 122;
deposed, miserable death, 123
Rocafull, Don Guillem de, Viceroy of Majorca, 174, and Minorca, 241
Rodriguez y Femanias on the botany of Minorca, 271 (_n_)
Romana, Marquis de la (_see_ Caro):
creation, 201;
Pedro Caro, Marquis, his birth, 202;
friendship with Hookham Frere, 202;
character drawn by Southey, 202;
sent to Denmark with Spanish troops, 203;
return with troops, 205;
campaign in Galicia, 206;
on the Central Junta at Seville, 207;
with Wellington at Torres Vedras, 207;
death, appreciation by Wellington, 207;
monument at Palma, 208, 209;
later marquises and marriages, 209
Rosas Bay, 84, 85;
defeat of the French fleet, 87
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