Resumen de El presidio de San Felipe Bacalar. La llave de la costa oriental de la península de Yucatán durante el siglo XVIII / The “Presidio” of San Felipe Bacalar: The Key to the Eastern Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula During the Eighteenth Century
- español
El presente artículo estudia el papel de los vecinos y militares del presidio de San Felipe Bacalar en el esfuerzo emprendido por la Corona española para recobrar el control del sureste de la península de Yucatán durante el siglo XVIII. De igual modo, se describe esta sociedad de frontera novohispana de la centuria decimoctava.
- English
The following article is a study concerning the inhabitants and military personnel of the civil and military establishment of San Felipe Bacalar, and their role in the Spanish Crown’s effort to recover control of the southeastern corner of the Yucatan peninsula during the eighteenth century. Also, we provide a description of this frontier society in eighteenth-century New Spain.
