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Author | : Craig S. Chapman |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2021-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1640124926 |
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 |
Total Pages | : 533 |
Release | : 2021-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1640124918 |
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 | : Mary Downing Hahn |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 1991-03-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547562950 |
Forced to accompany their parents on their honeymoon in Spain, new stepsisters Amy and Felix find the animosity between them escalating, especially when Felix's boasting about family wealth to Grace, the mysterious world traveler, results in the kidnapping of the girls and their younger brother.
Author | : Irene A. Wright |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317148770 |
In English translation. For further documents, see Second Series 62, 99 and 111. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1932.
Author | : John Masefield |
Publisher | : New York : [s.n.] |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Buccaneers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hugh O'Shaughnessy |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |
The author, Latin American correspondent of the Financial Times and The Observer for over 20 years, has visited the Caribbean many times in the course of his career. His book takes the form of a journey through certain countries and island nations of the region, in which he guides the reader through the historical, cultural and political features of each place he visits, as well as describing the physical qualities of each country.
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2007-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781602390355 |
Looks at the real life of pirates from ancient times through the present day, discussing why they became pirates, how they lived, life aboard ship, and how they died.
Author | : Timothy R. Walton |
Publisher | : Pineapple Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2002-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781561642618 |
The Hillsborough River, which runs through the big population area of Tampa, is a popular site for leisure activities. Kevin McCarthy, author of more than 20 books about Florida, guides the reader and boater from the source of the Hillsborough River in the Green Swamp west of Tampa, through Hillsborough River State Park, then through the city of Tampa, to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Both a history and a guidebook, "Hillsborough River Guidebook" features information on the wildlife and culture along the river as well as travel tips, with recommendations of places to eat and stay. Includes photographs and maps. The other books available in the series are "Suwannee River Guidebook" and "St. Johns River Guidebook."
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461749956 |
By combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoritative text, The World Atlas of Pirates presents the story of piracy in a completely new way. Eighty maps plot the routes that pirates followed—whether crossing the world's great oceans or pursuing their prey through creeks and bays. Colorful archive illustrations, including photographs and images from England's National Maritime Museum and other historic collections, bring the villains, their ships, and their victims to life. Lively, accessible text by pirate expert Angus Konstam explains how piracy grew and flourished from the early buccaneers to the rogues of popular legends, how it has been snuffed out, and how it has reared its head again with the machine-gun-toting pirates operating on today's high seas.
Author | : John Masefield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Buccaneers |
ISBN | : |