About 250 miles adrift off the coast of Morocco is a volcanic fragment of the eastern Atlantic known as Madeira. It is simply the largest island in a larger archipelago. The "second" island, Porto Santo, hides 71 km northeast of Funchal, and is so remote...

Much of the historical weight of Cartagena in the past goes to its coveted defensive port, one of the most important in the western Mediterranean. Cartagena has been the capital of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the Mediterranean since the arrival of the Spanish...