History of Spain. Barcelona, Catalonia. Boarding at the Barceloneta dock of the military battalions 'Luchana' and 'Mallorca', from Tarragona and Valencia respectively, expeditionaries to the Canary Islands, on April 5, 1898. They embarked on the steamers ('Golondrinas') that transferred them to the Mail Steamship 'Antonio Lopez' which sailed for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Photoengraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)