The Fourth-Rate, 50-gun frigate sunk in 1742 after it ran aground on the reefs of the Dry Tortugas while on patrol in the War of Jenkins Ear between Britain and Spain.

Nearly three centuries ago, an ear changed the course of human history. In 1731, Spanish coast guards in the Caribbean boarded a British ship captained by one Robert Jenkins, and—in the ensuing ...

Dave Trott's blog: The War of Jenkins' Ear. Many years ago, in really boring history classes, I learned the names of lots of wars and treaties and immediately forgot all of them. But over the years, ...

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A view from Dave Trott: The War of Jenkins' Ear. Many years ago, in really boring history classes, I learned the names of lots of wars and treaties and immediately forgot all of them. But over the ...

JENKINS' EAR (474 pp.)—Odell and Willard Shepard—Macmillan ($3.50). The opening proposition of this historical novel is one to make fans snuggle comfortably into their armchairs: a ...

In Powell’s war, only the rotters flourish—notably Kenneth Widmerpool, ... He is now on the make as a staff major, a virtuoso of bumf, and he chews poor Jenkins’ ear in a war of total paper.

Historians now call that war, which helped turbocharge the growth of the British empire, the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Current Issue. View our current issue. Subscribe today and Save up to $129.

Historians now call that war, which helped turbocharge the growth of the British empire, the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Twenty twenty-four is a long way from 1731, and news today ricochets around the ...