Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2010, 08:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2010, 11:40 PM
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Hi D,
Slave trade virtually ceased to exist...
Hi D,
Slave trade virtually ceased to exist in Spain after 1760, when all the Islamic slaves in Spain were sold to the Sultan Of Morocco.
Spain did try to stop the slave trade within its...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2010, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 81
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Ah yes, the San Juan de Ulua "trading"...
Ah yes, the San Juan de Ulua "trading" expedition..?
I believe both Drake and Hawkins were indeed pirates, since they often attacked and captured ships that belonged to nations not at war with...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2010, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 81
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Forum: European Armoury
21st January 2010, 04:29 PM
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Add to that static. Avoid packing the powder in...
Add to that static. Avoid packing the powder in Glad-type bags and storing them together. Avoid loose grains lying around, and specially any electronic equipment nearby, such as cellphones and lamps....
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Forum: European Armoury
17th January 2010, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 89
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2010, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 10
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It reminds me again of my trabuco: Its brass...
It reminds me again of my trabuco: Its brass barrel is a modern replacement and has a _screw_ instead of a breech plug. Everything else from the weapon feels and looks legit, the wood stock, the BB...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2010, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 13
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Apreciadisimo Nando,
Thanks for the...
Apreciadisimo Nando,
Thanks for the Portuguese class!
I'm very familiar with the term espingarda, it's a widely used term in Galicia.
The term "rifle" used in Brasil may have...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2010, 08:08 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2010, 02:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 06:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 82,330
Hi Ian,
Compaņia has the feminine genre....
Hi Ian,
Compaņia has the feminine genre. Regimiento is of the masculine genre.
So 4 a would be Cuarta (4th) Compaņia. To that, you can add that Cia. is also an accepted abbreviation for...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 04:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 81
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Jim, you own one? A picture, a picture!
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Jim, you own one? A picture, a picture!
Hi Jim and Eley,
The Bilb(a)o was a cheap cuphilt heavy-bladed sword, made for export in Northern Spain, and meant mostly to be sent and sold in...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 89
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Hi Guys,
If you check the Osprey series...
Hi Guys,
If you check the Osprey series you'll see _many_ illustrations showing Napoleonic Spanish Forces wielding 1796s. The possibility of this being a Spanish sword should not be dismissively...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 11:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 11:40 AM
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I see locally many examples of 18th C. Cannon...
I see locally many examples of 18th C. Cannon Balls and Royal Grenades simply dumped and lying around as garden decos on Government building grounds, rusting away.
Which is worse..?
Yep, makes...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2010, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 13
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No Nandinho, no. : )
The Swedish troops...
No Nandinho, no. : )
The Swedish troops this weapon was designed for during the Napoleonic Wars, the Gotlands Nationalbevarung, carried Smoothbores (Muskets/Fusiles).
In Spain and...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th January 2010, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: European Armoury
10th January 2010, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 19,338
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Forum: European Armoury
10th January 2010, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 81
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Guys,
The Canary islands are very, very far...
Guys,
The Canary islands are very, very far away from Europe, yet rather close to Africa, and they have similar made knives.
Taking into consideration the huge involvement of England in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2010, 04:07 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2010, 02:26 AM
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All I can add is that I remember once reading...
All I can add is that I remember once reading that the kid pilgrims of the Children's Crusade were offered transportation to Palestine by Genoese Shipmasters, then were instead taken to Turkey and ...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th January 2010, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 24
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Forum: European Armoury
4th January 2010, 06:19 PM
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