Víctor San Juan

Víctor M. San Juan Sánchez (Madrid, 1963–2020) was a Spanish naval historian, engineer and boat racer. He wrote over 30 books of both fiction and non-fiction about the naval history of Spain. His list of awards included two Nostromo awards, a bronze medal by the Fundación Letras del Mar, and an honor induction in the Premios Robinson de Historia Naval.^[1]^[2]

San Juan graduated as an engineer, participating in the building of the high-speed rail in Spain. He was simultaneously a boat racer with over 140 races in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. His main field was his work as a novelist and naval historian, which earned him being appointed knight by the Federación Española de Ligas Navales in 2018, among several other marks of distinction.^[1] In 2001 he won the fifth Nostromo literary award for his novel Pequeño Escota, named after his own yacht, and in 2011 won it again for his novel Indiamen.^[3] In 2006 he won the San Telmo bronze medal for his novel Trafalgar, tres armadas en combate, published in the 2th century anniversary of the eponymous battle.^[1]

He died in 2020 at 57 years old.^[4]^[5]

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Non-fiction

Trafalgar, tres armadas en combate (2005)
La batalla naval de las Dunas: La Holanda comercial contra la España del Siglo de Oro (2007), Sílex, ISBN 978-8477371847
Piratas de todos los tiempos (2009), Sílex, ISBN 978-84-7737-220-2
Barcos desaparecidos y su misterio (2012), Sílex, ISBN 978-8477375982
22 derrotas navales británicas (2014), Navalmil, ISBN 978-84-940845-8-4
Tolón; batalla tras resurgir de las cenizas (2014)
El Titanic y otros grandes naufragios (2014), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-8499676357
La armada desconocida de Jorge Juan (2015), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-1305-464-3
Grandes batallas navales desconocidas (2016), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-820-7
Extraños sucesos navales (2016), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-779-8
22 derrotas navales de los franceses (2017), Náutica Robinson
Breve historia de las batallas navales de la Edad Media (2017), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-874-0
Breve historia de la Armada Invencible (2017), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-847-4
Breve historia de las batallas navales del Mediterráneo (2018), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-934-1
Breve historia de las batallas navales de los acorazados (2018), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-987-7
Breve historia de las batallas navales de las fragatas (2019), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-1305-074-4
Breve historia de los trasatlánticos (2019), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-1305-023-2
Breve historia de Blas de Lezo (2019), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-1305-080-5
Historia del navío de línea (2020), Renacimiento, ISBN 978-84-18387-22-7
Cazatesoros y expolios de buques sumergidos (2020), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-1305-077-5
Canales marítimos: gigantes de la ingeniería en el mar (2020), Glyphos, ISBN 978-8494401817

Fiction

Pequeño Escota (2001) Juventud, ISBN 978-8426132215
Soy capitán (2003), Noray, ISBN 978-8474861310
Memorias de Trafalgar (2005), Noray, ISBN 978-8474861556
La carrera del té (2010), Noray, ISBN 978-8474861808
Indiamen (2011), Juventud, ISBN 978-8426138989
Caudales (2013), Librum Tremens, ISBN 978-8415074342
Morirás por Cartagena (2014), Punto de Vista, ISBN 978-8415930167
Siete robles (2015), Punto de Vista, ISBN 978-84-1593-062-4
El perfil del infinito (2016), Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-785-9

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