EL ULTIMO SUSPIRO DE MORO ( THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH )
That year of 1492 was of profound significance in Spanish history, for it was it was in that year that Cristóbal Colon, as he is known to the Spanish, set out upon his voyage to the New World, and the Spanish empire had its genesis. This was to be an empire that, far from enriching Spain’s people, was – for reasons too complex to examine here – to hold them in a state of abject, servile poverty and want which found little amelioration until the mid-1970s. Also in 1492, Isabella 1 and Ferdinand... Sign in to see full entry.