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1 online resource (427 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Porto Bello -- 2. Competition between Empires -- 3. Hosier's Ghost -- 4. Tension in the West Indies -- 5. War -- 6. Dithering, Decision, and Defiance -- 7. Expanding War -- 8. Mustering the Americans -- 9. Underway at Last -- 10. Caribbean -- 11. Jamaica -- 12. Saint Domingue to Cartagena -- 13. Tierra Bomba -- 14. Bocachica -- 15. Castillo San Luis de Bocachica -- 16. Tierra Firme -- 17. Castillo San Felipe de Barajas -- 18. Withdrawal -- 19. Santiago |
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20. Panama to Reduction -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
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Great Britain. Army. Gooch's Regiment of Foot -- History.
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Great Britain. Army. Gooch's Regiment of Foot. |
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History. |
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Panama Expedition, 1741.
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Panama Expedition (1741) |
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Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748.
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Anglo-Spanish War (1739-1748) |
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Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748 -- Participation, American.
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English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742.
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English West Indian Expedition (1739-1742) |
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Spain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
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Spain. |
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Naval history. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Military participation -- American. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Naval history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chapman, Craig S. Disaster on the Spanish Main. Lincoln : Potomac Books, ©2021 9781640124318 |
| ISBN |
1640124926 |
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9781640124929 (electronic book) |
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