Golden arrow

After the opening of America, Columbus in 1492, Spain began to create on the islands of the Caribbean, and then on the continent of the settlement, the factory, from where the conquistadors committed it in deeper the mainland, robbing and destroying such state formations as the empires of the Aztecs and Incas. The huge treasures of these empires in the form of gold products, silver ingots, spices, tobacco, silk and other values ​​were exported to the metropolis, to Spain. That period, XVI and XVII centuries, is considered the golden age of Spain. And the military transport squadron of the Spanish colonial empire, intended for the export of these values ​​from the American colonies to Europe, was called the "Silver Fleet". The creation of the "Silver Fleet dates back to the 1520s, when, in order to repel pirate attacks on merchant ships, transporting treasures, military convoy assigned to them by decree of the king. Just during this period, the free coalition of pirates and kapers, known as Bucaniers, actively acting in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, flourished violently during this period. This coalition of bugans, which seriously disturbed Spanish squadrons, transporting huge wealth into the metropolis, was called the “coastal fraternity”. At that time, Henry Morgan and Edward Mansfield were considered the most famous leaders of the “coastal fraternity”. They organized a wide network of spies and scouts in the Spanish coastal factories to collect information about the next squadron, which was prepared by colonists for sending the "Silver Fleet" to Spain. And therefore, the Spanish squadron, transporting huge values ​​to the metropolis, often became a victim of attacks by the pirate squadron, usually ending with tragic dramas in naval battles.
The Book of the Golden Arrow in exciting artistic form tells about one of the episodes of the time when the Spanish Idalgo one of the coastal factory of the Latin America colony is transported by the incorporated treasures of the Inca to the metropolis, and the pirates of the “coastal fraternity” are trying to track the squadron "Silver Fleet "and attack her.
The plot of the book is stated in an action -packed form, while the author tried to preserve the orthoepia of the time when this drama unfolded in the wide expanses of the Atlantic Ocean. The author believes that the book will find wide interest both among adolescence and an adult reader