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Independence or Death
British Sailors and Brazilian Independence, 1822-25
Av Brian Vale
Häftad, 2022
474 kr
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On 7th September 1822, Dom Pedro, Prince Regent of Brazil, declared his country independent and began the war of liberation against Portugal. Based on research from original documents and journals, the book details how independence was secured against all odds by seizing command of the sea, under …
Cochrane in the Pacific
Fortune and Freedom in Spanish America
Av Brian Vale
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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In 1818, the revolutionary government of Chile was poised to attack Peru, the last bastion of Spanish power on the continent. The new ruler, the half-Irish Bernardo O'Higgins, threw his energies into creating a navy. Short of local naval manpower, the Chileans looked to Britain and the United …
War Betwixt Englishmen
Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate
Av Brian Vale
Häftad, 2021
489 kr
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In 1825 the Empire of Brazil went to war with the Republic of Argentina; the pretext was control of the north bank of the Plate, and consequently of the river itself. The conflict lasted for three years, the Argentinians dominating on land, the Brazilians at sea. As a compromise, the state of …
Physician to the Fleet
The Life and Times of Thomas Trotter, 1760-1832
Av Brian Vale, Griffith Edwards
Inbunden, 2011
1315 kr
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Details Thomas Trotter's important contributions, as a naval surgeon and after, to the eradication of scurvy and typhus, to the study of addiction, and to improved health and safety in mines.Thomas Trotter, after studying medicine at Edinburgh, began his naval career as a surgeon's mate in 1779 and …
Cochrane in the Pacific
Fortune and Freedom in Spanish America
Av Brian Vale
Inbunden, 2007
810 kr
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In 1818, the revolutionary government of Chile was poised to attack Peru, the last bastion of Spanish power on the continent. The new ruler, the half-Irish Bernardo O'Higgins, threw his energies into creating a navy. Short of local naval manpower, the Chileans looked to Britain and the United …
War Betwixt Englishmen
Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate
Av Brian Vale
Inbunden, 1999
2051 kr
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In 1825 the Empire of Brazil went to war with the Republic of Argentina; the pretext was control of the north bank of the Plate, and consequently of the river itself. The conflict lasted for three years, the Argentinians dominating on land, the Brazilians at sea. As a compromise, the state of …
Frigate of King George
Life and Duty on a British Man-of-war
Av Brian Vale
Inbunden, 2001
956 kr
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What was life really like on a wooden warship? This book takes a look at life aboard the 42-gun frigate HMS "Doris" - launched from Bombay in 1807 and finally retired at Valparaiso in 1829. Vale concentrates on her service on the South American station under Sir Thomas Hardy as she protected …
