Hispanic America. The legacy of the waves

Description

Hispanic America: The Legacy of the Waves (Original Version)
"Hispanic America: The Legacy of the Waves" / Spain: 2025 / Directed by: Javier Linares Cadenas de Llano, Javier Linares Sabater / Featuring: María Elvira Roca Barea, María Saavedra, Niko Roa, Alberto Samudio / Documentary / 78 min / Original version in Galician and Spanish / Not recommended for children under 7.

Synopsis: After eight centuries of struggle, in 1492, the Catholic Monarchs achieved the unification of most of the Iberian kingdoms and embarked on the most ambitious adventure in history: the discovery of a New World, its evangelization, and the projection of European culture across the ocean. Spain would thus come to dominate for three centuries a vast territory stretching from British Columbia to Tierra del Fuego, where a society more prosperous than that existing in Europe itself would emerge. This documentary film shows us, through Cartagena de Indias, what that enterprise was like: the lust for treasure, the attacks of corsairs and pirates, the fleets of galleons and the trafficking of slaves.