Disaster On The Spanish Main

Author : Craig S. Chapman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640124918
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster on the Spanish Main written by Craig S. Chapman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster on the Spanish Main unveils and illuminates an overlooked yet remarkable episode of European and American military history and a land-sea venture to seize control of the Spanish West Indies that ended in ghastly failure. Thirty-four years before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a significant force of American soldiers deployed overseas for the first time in history. Colonial volunteers, 4,000 strong, joined 9,000 British soldiers and 15,000 British sailors in a bold amphibious campaign against the key port of Cartagena de Indias. From its first chapter, Disaster on the Spanish Main reveals a virtually unknown adventure, engrosses with the escalating conflict, and leaves the reader with an appreciation for the struggles and sacrifices of the 13,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines who died trying to conquer part of Spain's New World empire. Disaster on the Spanish Main breaks new ground on the West Indies expedition in style, scope, and perspective and uncovers the largely untold American side of the story.

Author : Craig S. Chapman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640124314
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster on the Spanish Main written by Craig S. Chapman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster on the Spanish Main presents a thoroughly researched and gripping account of the 1741–42 West Indies expedition from its roots in the commercial-imperial conflicts between Britain and Spain to its eventual unraveling in death and despair.

Author : James Rodway
Publisher : London, Unwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The West Indies and the Spanish Main written by James Rodway and published by London, Unwin. This book was released on 1896 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the West Indies makes special mention of Jewish life in St. Eustatius.

Author : John Masefield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Spanish Main written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert Strang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.TP/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Spanish Main written by Herbert Strang and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521088480
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Spanish Main written by Sauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl O. Sauer uses contemporary sources to place the history of the early Spanish Main in a fresh context.

Author : Carl Ortwin Sauer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Spanish Main written by Carl Ortwin Sauer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472833813
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny on the Spanish Main written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A vivid account of a forgotten chapter of British naval history.' Dan Snow, Historian, TV Presenter and Broadcaster The true story of one of the most notorious mutinies in naval history, which provided inspiration for Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin and C.S. Forester's Hornblower novels. In 1797 the 32-gun Royal Navy frigate HMS Hermione was serving in the Caribbean, at the forefront of Britain's bitter sea war against Spain and Revolutionary France. Its commander, the sadistic and mercurial Captain Hugh Pigot ruled through terror, flogging his men mercilessly and pushing them beyond the limits of human endurance. On the night of 21 September 1797, past breaking point and drunk on stolen rum, the crew rebelled, slaughtering Pigot and nine of his officers in the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy. Handing the ship over to the Spanish, the crew fled, sparking a manhunt that would last a decade. Seeking to wipe clean this stain on its name, the Royal Navy pursued the traitorous mutineers relentlessly, hunting them across the globe, and, in 1801, seized the chance to recover its lost ship in one of the most daring raids of the Age of Fighting Sail. Anchored in a heavily fortified Venezuelan harbour, the Hermione – now known as the Santa Cecilia – was retaken in a bold night-time action, stolen out from under the Spanish guns. Back in British hands, the Hermione was renamed once more – its new identity a stark warning to would-be mutineers: Retribution. Drawing on letters, reports, ships' logs, and memoirs of the period, as well as previously unpublished Spanish sources, Angus Konstam intertwines extensive research with a fast-paced but balanced account to create a fascinating retelling of one of the most notorious events in the history of the Royal Navy, and its extraordinary, wide-ranging aftermath.

Author : Mowbray Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Spanish Main written by Mowbray Morris and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Leighton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurrah! for the Spanish main written by Robert Leighton and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: