Prehistory
711 – Moorish Conquerors (See LINK)
Tarik is more commonly referred to as Tarik ibn Ziyad. The fort or Moorish Castle was not built by him. (See LINK)
1462 – Spanish Conquerors (See LINK)
1704 – British Conquerors (See LINK)
1726 – Counterattack (See LINK)
The “counterattack” actually took place in 1704 during the 12th Siege of Gibraltar. The 13th Siege – to which the author of the text was presumably and mistakenly referring to – took place in 1727 and not 1726. Also, the engraving which is by Gustave Doré (see LINK) shows smugglers carry goods from Gibraltar along a perilous mountain pass towards Ronda during the mid 19th century. It does not refer to the episode suggested by the caption.
1780s - The Great Siege (See LINK)
1907 - The Immigrant
1872 – The Mary Celeste (See LINK)
The dark rectangular objects just to the North of Catalan Bay are an unknown quantity.
1930s – End of the Spanish Civil War (See LINK)
1939 - General Edmund Ironside
1939 – All set for a Siege
1940 - Seizing US Mail
1940 – The “Rex”
1940 - Operation Felix
1941 – Plan for the taking of the USA
1942 – The Apes
1943 – Searchlights
1943 – St Michael’s Cave
1943 – Gibelterra
1947 – The Prudential
1949 - American Tourists
Photograph taken by Eliot Elisofon (See LINK)
1950 - Canada Club
1951 - Franco Coverts Gibraltar
1952 - The Prudential
1953 - Miss Chadwick
1954 – The Queen’s Visit
1954 – The Gibraltar Lottery
1954 – Spanish Workers from la Línea
1954 – Cleaning the Water Catchments
1954 – Inside the Rock
1954 – The Only cow on the Rock
All the 1954 photos were taken by Ralph Crane (See LINK)
1957 – A Port of Call for Italian Liners
1960 - Smuggling (See LINK)
1965 – The Michelangelo
1967 – David Smith
1967 – Honda - Built like Gibraltar
1972 - Dec 29th - The last weekly Life magazine published
1941 – Plan for the taking of the USA
1942 – The Apes
1943 – Searchlights
1943 – St Michael’s Cave
1943 – Gibelterra
1947 – The Prudential
1949 - American Tourists
Photograph taken by Eliot Elisofon (See LINK)
1950 - Canada Club
1951 - Franco Coverts Gibraltar
1952 - The Prudential
1953 - Miss Chadwick
1954 – The Queen’s Visit
1954 – The Gibraltar Lottery
1954 – Spanish Workers from la Línea
1954 – Cleaning the Water Catchments
1954 – Inside the Rock
1954 – The Only cow on the Rock
All the 1954 photos were taken by Ralph Crane (See LINK)
1957 – A Port of Call for Italian Liners
1960 - Smuggling (See LINK)
1965 – The Michelangelo
1967 – David Smith
1967 – Honda - Built like Gibraltar
1972 - Dec 29th - The last weekly Life magazine published
