In 1731 British sea captain Robert Jenkins was caught smuggling in the Caribbean by the Spanish coast guard, and had an ear lopped off by a Spanish officer. British public opinion over the incident ...
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The Caribbean fortress that defeated Britain’s 1741 invasion
In 1741, during the War of Jenkins’ Ear, Britain launched one of the largest overseas military expeditions of the eighteenth ...
I couldn’t tell you what the war was about, what happened, who won it, or why. It’s probably the least important of the lot, but it’s the only war I remember the name of. The reason why is a good ...
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 mysteriously ...
In 1731 British sea captain Robert Jenkins was caught smuggling in the Caribbean by the Spanish coast guard, and had an ear lopped off by a Spanish officer. British public opinion over the incident ...
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