Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 644 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
Admiral of the Fleet, and General of Marines
Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 644 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
ISBN: 978-1-108-06721-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Richard, Earl Howe (1726-99) participated in some of the Royal Navy's most significant conflicts. As captain of the Dunkirk, he fired the first shots of the Seven Years' War off the eastern coast of North America in 1755. After being forced to juggle the demands of the American Revolutionary War with the British government's reluctance to put the ships he needed at his disposal, he resigned his command of the North American Station, but later made a comeback, masterminding the battle against the French on the 'Glorious First of June' in 1794. Prolific author Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) drew on more than 400 of Howe's personal letters in preparing this substantial biography, first published in 1838. Several of Barrow's other works have also been reissued in this series, including his autobiography and accounts of the early years of polar exploration.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
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Preface; 1. Advancement in the navy; 2. Expeditions to the coast of France; 3. Various services, civil and military; 4. American command; 5. Relief of Gibraltar; 6. First Lord of the Admiralty; 7. Command of the Channel Fleet; 8. The victory of First of June; 9. Commander-in-Chief of the Western Fleet; 10. The year of mutinies, 1797; 11. Retirement, illness, and death; 12. Miscellaneous traits of character.
