Manuel Becerra Bermúdez was a Spanish politician, mathematician and revolutionary. A Republican who would later embrace monarchism, he went on to assume the ministerial portfolios of Overseas and Deve
Portrait by Francisco Jover y Casanova, 1888
Political cartoon depicting Becerra (in the company of Montero Ríos, Castelar, Cánovas, and Sagasta) trimming the nails of a lion that is wearing a (Republican) Phrygian cap (Demócrito [es], 1881).
The Ministry of Overseas, Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Territories, or simply, Ultramar, was the ministerial department in charge of the direction of Spanish territories between
Main headquarters from 1885 to 1889