1500, El Gran Capitan

                                                          El Gran Capitan


In December of the year 1500 Captain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
                                                 [succeeded in capturing a Turkish stronghold,
the bastion of Cephalonia, after a series of Venetian disasters,
                          [which showed that the Turks were invincible, uncontrolled.

Cephalonia, an Island off the western coast of Greece,
          [had been in the hands of the Italian Tocco family until 1479,

when it was captured by the Ottoman Empire and the island                    [remained in Ottoman hands until the leaders did align
the policies of the Republic of Venice and Spain,
[and these two decided to unit their army and naval fleet.

The victory that followed was a precursor
             [to the final confrontation, a warm-up, a preheat.

Venetian captain-general of the Sea, Benedetto Pesaro,
                [landed on Cephalonia and after a siege took the island's capital,
and after that went on to recover Santa Maura in the island of Lefkada,
             [Cordoba and Pesaro, two leaders, intelligent, fighters, admirable.
___________________________________________________________

 to be continued

* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS
______________________________________________________________

*The Siege of the Castle of Saint George occurred
from 8 November 1500 until 24 December 1500..




  ELEGHOS... at history