This 260-page book, abundantly illustrated (120 photos!), is the work of Jean-Jacques Lacrampe, who retired to his home in Castetbon after a career as a senior inspector and school principal at France Télécom and La Poste, in Paris and Bordeaux. Following a branch of his family, the author, after several years of research in France and Spain, brings back to life the great era when these Béarnese from Camptort, Navarrenx, Castetbon, set off on adventures and established in Cadiz an empire of international trade, spearheading the development of the province of Cadiz. A fabulous true story that spans from the 1800s to the 1970s. A precious document that one is eager to discover...