Cadiz, Spain, Feb 22 (EFE).- Mexican historian Ramon Macias Mora has been awarded the 2nd annual Cortes de Cadiz del Mar essay prize for "La Cierva Dorada" (The Golden Hind), a study of piracy in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 16th to the 18th centuries,
In his essay, Macias Mora identifies the pirates of that era and contextualizes the main attacks carried out at Latin American ports, the government of the southwestern Spanish city of Cadiz, which confers these awards, said.
The expert will receive the honor in a ceremony at the Cadiz City Hall in March, when the city will mark the bicentennial of the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
This literary award was established last year to highlight Cadiz's influence and promote knowledge of Spain as a maritime and seafaring nation.
The prize seeks to underscore Cadiz's importance in the years of the Cadiz Cortes in the early 19th century, when the national legislative body met in that Atlantic city during Napoleon's occupation of Spain and was responsible for drafting the liberal 1812 charter.
In those years, Cadiz was a gathering place for the Spanish, European and American vanguards.
