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The War of Jenkins' Ear : the forgotten struggle for North and South America, 1739-1742 / Robert Gaudi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaudi, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War of Jenkins' Ear, 1739-1748.
- Slave trade--Georgia--History.
- Slave trade.
- Slave trade--North America--History.
- Slave trade--South America--History.
- History.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- Georgia.
- North America.
- South America.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 364 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- Explores the causes and consequences of the 18th-century conflict across North and South America, with roots in a contract to supply African slaves to the rich colonies of the Spanish Empire, that laid the groundwork for the later French and Indian War and the American Revolution a generation later.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: One. The Incident
- Two. Deep Background
- Three. The Road to Jenkins Ear
- Four. Admiral Vernon
- Five. The Redoubtable Oglethorpe
- Six. Cartagena de Indias
- Seven. Disaster
- Eight. The Invasion of Georgia
- Nine. Santiago, Panama & Ruatan
- Ten. Around the World.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781643138190
- 1643138197
- OCLC:
- 1272907990
- Publisher Number:
- 99989695242
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