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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 ...
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.
It sank 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. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.
Archeologists said the ship 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," according to the release.
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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.