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The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait by Joseph F. O'Callaghan (Paperback, 2014)

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Still, in the following century, the Castilian kings, prompted by ideology and strategy, attempted to dominate the Strait. As successive bands of Muslims over the centuries had crossed the Strait from Morocco into Spain, the kings of Castile recognized the strategic importance of securing Algeciras, Gibraltar, and Tarifa, the ports long used by the invaders.