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Jorge Ferragut | Actor. American Actor. Cuban-Born. Texas-Raised. …with an ethnically ambiguous look, natural charm and an easygoing sincerity that makes you want to trust him. Se habla español!
Proyecto del libro dedicado a Jorge Farragut, menorquín que luchó en la Guerra de Independencia . Su primer proyecto consistió en la edición del libro “Farragut y Menorca.El Legado Español ...
Jorge and David Farragut are descendants of conquistador Don Pedro Farragut who served the King of Aragon, a realm that included eastern Spain, during the 13th century. For Pedro Farragut’s efforts in the wars to retake land settled by Moors in the western Mediterranean, the king of Spain gave the prominent Farragut family a title and estates on Minorca.
Jorge Farragut nació en 1755 en Ciudadela (Menorca, España). Realizó estudios de Náutica en Barcelona y en 1776 emigró a América. Allí tuvo una vida muy aventurera. Tras un período navegando en buques comerciales entre La Habana, Nueva Orleans y Veracruz, se estableció en Carolina del Sur, donde se unió a la recién creada escuadra rebelde, en 1776, para la Guerra de Independencia.
David G. Farragut, el primer almirante de la Armada de Estados Unidos, recaló hace 150 años en ... Jorge Farragut, casado con Elizabeth Shine, había sido capitán de un buque mercante en Menorca antes de emigrar, en 1766, a Estados Unidos, donde se unió a la causa revolucionaria y cambió su nombre por el de George Farragut. Tras ...
George Farragut, born Jordi Farragut, also known as Jorge Farragut (born September 29 or September 30, 1755, – June 4, 1817), was a United States Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War.He also fought with the Continental infantry in battles in the South. After commanding a Spanish trading ship in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, he had joined the South Carolina Navy as a ...
David Glasgow Farragut (/ ˈ f æ r ə ɡ ə t /; also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S ...
