Author: John Campbell
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Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Biographia Nautica: or, Memoirs of those illustrious seamen, to whose intrepidity and conduct the English are indebted for ... their preeminence on the ocean ... Embellished with copperplates. By Dr. J. Campbell, and John Kent, Esq. [Compiled by J. Kent, principally from J. Campbell's “Lives of the Admirals.”]
Author: John Campbell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Biographia Nautica; Or Memoirs of Those Illustrious Seamen to Whose Intrepidity and Conduct the English are Indebted, for ... Their Pre-eminence on the Ocean ...
Author: John Campbell
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Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Biographia Nautica; Or, Memoirs of Those Illustrious Seamen, to Whose Intrepidity and Conduct the English are Indebted, for the Victories of Their Fleets, the Increase of Their Dominions, the Extension of Their Commerce, and Their Pre-eminence on the Ocean
Author: John Campbell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Biographia Nautica
Author: John Campbell
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Biographia Nautica; Or, Memoirs of Those Illustrious Seamen, to Whose Intrepidity and Conduct the English are Indebted, for the Victories of Their Fleets, the Increase of Their Dominions, the Extension of Their Commerce, and Their Pre-eminence on the Ocean
Author: John Campbell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Biographia Nautica
Author: John Campbell
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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The 1711 Expedition to Quebec
Author: Adam Lyons
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force ever assembled to fight on the continent was dispatched and combined with colonial American units in Boston before proceeding up the St Lawrence River for Quebec. An additional colonial force set out from Albany to march on Montreal - but neither Briton nor colonist reached their respective targets. Adam Lyons looks at the expedition as a product of the turbulent political environment at the end of Queen Anne's reign and as a symbol of a shift in politics and strategy. Its failure proved to be detrimental to the reputation of the expedition's naval commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, but Lyons shows how true blame should lie with his political master, Secretary of State Henry St John, who ensured the expedition's failure by maintaining absolute control and secrecy. The 1711 Expedition to Quebec demonstrates how the expedition helped to alter British policy by renewing an interest in 'blue water', or maritime, operations that would gain dominance for Britain in commerce and at sea. This strategy would later see huge success, ultimately resulting in the fall of Quebec to Wolfe and the eventual conquest of French North America in the Seven Years War.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force ever assembled to fight on the continent was dispatched and combined with colonial American units in Boston before proceeding up the St Lawrence River for Quebec. An additional colonial force set out from Albany to march on Montreal - but neither Briton nor colonist reached their respective targets. Adam Lyons looks at the expedition as a product of the turbulent political environment at the end of Queen Anne's reign and as a symbol of a shift in politics and strategy. Its failure proved to be detrimental to the reputation of the expedition's naval commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, but Lyons shows how true blame should lie with his political master, Secretary of State Henry St John, who ensured the expedition's failure by maintaining absolute control and secrecy. The 1711 Expedition to Quebec demonstrates how the expedition helped to alter British policy by renewing an interest in 'blue water', or maritime, operations that would gain dominance for Britain in commerce and at sea. This strategy would later see huge success, ultimately resulting in the fall of Quebec to Wolfe and the eventual conquest of French North America in the Seven Years War.
The Literary Side of the Armada
Author: Cristina Vallaro
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527574911
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The Anglo-Spanish War in the 16th century reached its climax in August 1588, when King Philip’s Felicissima Armada challenged Queen Elizabeth’s fleet in the waters of the Channel. If the outcome of the war has been much commented on and debated throughout the centuries, the impact the war had on literature has been neglected for a long time. This book presents to scholars, students and readers how the Armada was dealt with in the literature of the countries involved in the conflict. It offers a view on the Armada from both Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and Drayton are flanked by Góngora, Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527574911
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The Anglo-Spanish War in the 16th century reached its climax in August 1588, when King Philip’s Felicissima Armada challenged Queen Elizabeth’s fleet in the waters of the Channel. If the outcome of the war has been much commented on and debated throughout the centuries, the impact the war had on literature has been neglected for a long time. This book presents to scholars, students and readers how the Armada was dealt with in the literature of the countries involved in the conflict. It offers a view on the Armada from both Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and Drayton are flanked by Góngora, Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
Biographia Nautica: or, Memoirs of those illustrious seamen, to whose intrepidity and conduct the English are indebted for ... their preeminence on the ocean ... Embellished with copperplates. By Dr. J. Campbell, and John Kent, Esq. [Compiled by J. Kent, principally from J. Campbell's “Lives of the Admirals.”]
Author: John Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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