JORGE JUAN

[Miguel Gil]

Jorge Juan y Santacilia (Novelda, Alicante, 5 January 1713 – Madrid, 21 June 1773) was a Spanish mariner, mathematician, natural scientist, astronomer, engineer, and educator. He is generally regarded as one of the most important scientific figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, he undertook sensitive diplomatic missions for the Spanish crown and contributed to the modernization and professionalization of the Spanish Navy. In his lifetime, he came to be known as el sabio español ("the Spanish savant"). His career as a public servant constitutes an important chapter in the Bourbon Reforms of the 18th century.

The Marquess of Ensenada then put him in charge of all naval construction. Juan established his own system of shipbuilding, approved by the authorities in 1752. He carried out major improvements of the military shipyards, including those in Cartagena, Cádiz, Ferrol, and Havana. He implemented a modern industrial system of division of labor among the different disciplines involved in the construction of warships, such as dry-docks, shipyards, furnaces, rigging, and canvas making. Juan also modernized the armaments used by the navy.

The stamp reproduces on the right the portrait of Jorge Juan painted by Rafael Tegeo and on the left an engraving that shows the shipyard Arsenal del Ferrol.
Jorge Juan's work in Ferrol could be summarized in the rectangular design of the Arsenal, open on one side for the entry and exit of boats, dividing it into two differentiated parts: one for industrial application, that is, the construction of boats; and another for military purposes, its weapons.

Spain 1974.15ptas Edifil 2182.Scott 1809.A443

Source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia
https://archive.org/details/arquitectur ... ew=theater
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/f ... C11991.htm

Mentioned one the topic about the ship El Rayo.Built under the Jorge Juan design
viewtopic.php?p=10315&hilit=jorge+juan#p10315

[Miguel Gil]

The proposal to create the first astronomical observatory, so that future naval officers could learn Astronomy, a science so necessary for navigation, was made by Jorge Juan.In 1753, the Royal Observatory of Cadiz was born. Today Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada.
The stamp reproduces the portrait of Jorge Juan ,the emblem of the Royal Institute and Observatory of the Spanish Navy and a detail of the building.

Spain 2004.1,9€ Edifil 4116.Scott 3317.A1275

Sources:
https://filatelia.correos.es/es/es/rinc ... ia-nautica
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Inst ... _la_Armada

[Miguel Gil]

Jorge Juan appears on the last 10,000 pesetas bill issued in Spain in 2001. Reproduced on this 2021 stamp

Spain 2021. 4,7€.Edifil 5505. Scott?

https://filatelia.correos.es/es/es/rinc ... eda-peseta

[Miguel Gil]

Order of Malta.2023. 3,5€ . JORGE JUAN Y SANTACILIA, KNIGHT OF MALTA, ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.

In 1725, after being admitted as a page of the Grand Master of the Order, Antonio Manuel de Villena, Juan was sent to Malta where, after passing his nobility tests and once he had completed the four mandatory campaigns or "caravanas" embarked on the galleys of the Order, obtained the habit of Knight of Justice.

The stamp depicts the portrait of Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Knight of Malta, Spanish mathematician, scientist and naval officer, kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid. The legend “JORGE JUAN y SANTACILIA 1713 / 1773”, the inscriptions “SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA” and “POSTE MAGISTRALI”, the emblem of the Order’s activities 


https://postemagistrali.orderofmalta.in ... ary-death/

https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portal ... biografia/