To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to ...

Sometimes figuring out who started a war is complicated. But this isn’t World War I or the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Of course Russia started it.

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 ...

Historically, at least one kidnapping (John Paul Getty III’s) was escalated via a severed ear, and at least one war (the War of Jenkins’s Ear) was started over one.

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 ...

From The Cornhill. May 15, 1898 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from May 15, 1898, Page 23 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

Jenkins’ ear captured the attention of the entire nation. This diminutive object wielded immense power; consequently, the ear came to represent English pride. In this way, the ear contributed to the ...

Jenkins’ Ear makes half a dozen excursions out of the library as some reminiscent veterans recite the events which followed: battles and harrowing journeys at sea, war in the colonies. Bonnie ...

The HMS Tyger was on patrol in the War of Jenkins’ Ear between Britain and Spain. Cannons tossed overboard near where the ship ran aground on the reefs of Dry Tortugas served as vital clues.

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.