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Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta used to be an interim governor of Louisiana for two years (1799-1801) all through an era that most historians have ignored. Born into a Spanish circle of relatives that settled in Havana in the sixteenth century and became very rich on account of sugar, Sebastián chose a military career and step by step rose to the rank of general. Along with Casa-Calvo’s career in Louisiana, the study explores Spanish settlement in Cuba, Cuba s importance in the Spanish empire, Spain s economic and military decline, the French invasion of Spain (1808-1813), and Sebastián s last years in Paris. Although Casa-Calvo left virtually no personal papers or perhaps a picture of himself, Gilbert Din has provided a remarkable biography of a man who lived An Ordinary Atlantic Life.