It is a beautiful run to Gibraltar from Lisbon --just long enough to shake off the rustiness occasioned by a two-weeks' stay in port--and as the corvette goes bowling along under a cloud of canvas ...

Located at Europe's southern tip, Gibraltar and its towering rock dominate the narrow strait ... Britain transformed Gibraltar into a fortress and naval base. Unreconciled to Gibraltar's loss ...

Isaac and Rebecca's ancestors arrived in Gibraltar from Morocco in 1717 to supply the British fortress there. Although the Treaty of Utrecht banned Jews from the Rock, their ability to speak the ...

Named in Arabic "Jabal Tariq", after the Muslim commander Tariq Ibn-Ziyad, who turned "the Rock" into a fortress in 711, Gibraltar has been an important naval base for more than 1,000 years.

Named in Arabic "Jabal Tariq", after the Muslim commander Tariq Ibn-Ziyad, who turned "the Rock" into a fortress in 711, Gibraltar has been an important naval base for more than 1,000 years.