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Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design &quo...

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1. Verfasser: Bromley, J. S. (John Selwyn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: London ; Ronceverte, WV, U.S.A. : Hambledon Press, 1987.
Schriftenreihe:History series (Hambledon Press)
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Zusammenfassung:Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design ""that might be both honourable and advantageous"", with ships lent and soldiers (but not seamen) paid by the King, who in return would take the Crown''s usual one-fifth interest in such ""preis de vaisseaux"", the remaining costs falling on private subscribers, in this case no less than 666 of them, he
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 517 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780826446589
0826446582
9781472599803
1472599802
1282024396
9781282024397
9786612024399
6612024399

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