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Disaster on the Spanish Main The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins' Ear
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Disaster on the Spanish Main The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins' Ear / Craig S. Chapman.
ISBN
9781640124929
1640124926
9781640124318
1640124314
Publication
Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Summary
"Disaster on the Spanish Main: The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins' Ear presents a thoroughly researched and factual account of the West Indies expedition from its roots in the commercial-imperial conflicts between Britain and Spain to its eventual unraveling in death and despair"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2021
Contents
Porto Bello
Competition between Empires
Hosier's Ghost
Tension in the West Indies
War
Dithering, Decision and Defiance
Expanding War
Mustering the Americans
Underway . . . at Last
Caribbean
Jamaica
Saint Domingue to Cartagena
Tierra Bomba
Bocachica
Castillo San Luis de Bocachica
Tierra Firme
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas
Withdrawal
Santiago
Panama to Reduction
Epilogue.
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Naval history.
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