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The Spanish Road (Spanish: Camino Español, German: Spanische Straße) was a military road and trade route in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, linking the Duchy of Milan, the Franche-Comté and the Spanish Netherlands, all of which were at the time territories of the Spanish Empire under the Habsburgs. [1]
Map showing alternative sailing routes used by the Spanish circa 1726 to export their Southern American gold back home to Cadiz, Spain. The procedure was always at great risk of attack by pirates or by the fleets of foreign nations and great stealth and speed had to be practiced.
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The Westphalian Hellweg (marked red) at Dortmund in 1610, map by Detmar Muhler In the Middle Ages , Hellweg was the official and common name given to main travelling routes in Germany . Their breadth was decreed as an unimpeded passageway a lance 's width, about three metres, which the landholders, through which the Hellweg passed, were ...
Operation Schulmeister (proposed cession of the Balearic Islands by the Spanish Republic to Italy in exchange of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War). [5] German involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Proposed cession of the Balearic or Canary Islands by the Spanish Republic to Nazi Germany in exchange of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War. [5]
Map: Old Salt Route. The Old Salt Route was a medieval trade route in Northern Germany, one of the ancient network of salt roads which were used primarily for the transport of salt and other staples. In Germany it was referred to as Alte Salzstraße. Salt was very valuable and essential at that time; it was sometimes referred to as "white gold."
Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route within it, and the Northwest Passage. The modern times saw development of newer means of transport and often controversial free trade agreements, which altered the political and logistical approach prevalent during the Middle Ages.
During the Franco-Spanish War, France and England had captured much of the Spanish Netherlands. Under the Treaty of the Pyrenees, France received from Luxembourg the fortresses of Stenay, Thionville, and Montmédy, and the surrounding territory. The area taken by France from the Duchy of Luxembourg totalled 1,060 km 2 (410 sq mi). [1]