Rakavakwazve nemauto eBritain muna 1760s, rakapoteredza nhare yekare yeSpain, iyo "Castell de Sant Felip", iyo yakanga yavambwa munenge muna 1554. Inonyanya kuzivikanwa nokuda kwekudzivirirwa kwayo kusina kubudirira pazviitiko zviviri neBritish: panguva yeKukombwa kweFort St Philip (1756)
uye Kupinda muMinorca, 1781. Zvichitevera chiitiko chokupedzisira, nhare yacho yakaparadzwa.