1. Pedro Navarro is widely regarded as the inventor of modern siege mines.
13 Facts About Pedro Navarro
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Pedro Navarro began his military career in the service of Cardinal Juan de Aragon prior to 1485.
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Pedro Navarro fought against the Barbary pirates in Italy as a Condottiere.
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Pedro Navarro invented the landmine, and his skilful employment of mines allowed for the breaching of the walls of the Turkish fortress.
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Pedro Navarro continued in the service of Cordoba and went on to Naples, and defended Canosa in 1502 and Taranto in 1503 against the French.
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Pedro Navarro took part in the North Africa expeditions of Cardinal Cisneros.
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Pedro Navarro assisted in the capture of the Penon de Velez de la Gomera in 1508 by employing a floating battery of his own design during the battle.
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Pedro Navarro went on to fight at the capture of Mazalquivir and Oran in 1509.
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Pedro Navarro personally led the Spanish forces during the conquest of Bougie, Algiers, Tunis, Tlemcen, and Tripoli in 1510.
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Pedro Navarro enlisted in the service of Ramon de Cardona viceroy of Naples and returned to Italy upon hearing of a new war against France in 1511.
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Pedro Navarro constructed a number of light carts mounted with light artillery pieces in organ gun shape designed to break up enemy formations in 1512.
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Ferdinand II of Aragon refused to ransom him, and Pedro Navarro eventually entered the service of Francis I of France.
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Pedro Navarro went on to accompany the French armies in their campaign against Milan, and he fought alongside King Francis against the Swiss at the battle of Marignano.