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UNINA9910782731303321 |
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Autore |
Pritchard James S. <1939-2015.> |
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Titolo |
Anatomy of a naval disaster : the 1746 French naval expedition to North America / / James Pritchard |
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Montreal ; ; Buffalo : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1995 |
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©1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-85351-1 |
9786612853517 |
0-7735-6553-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 322 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Soggetti |
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Naval history |
France History, Naval 18th century |
France History Louis XV, 1715-1774 |
United States History King George's War, 1744-1748 Naval operations, French |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Dates, Weights, Measures, and Currency -- Introduction -- Policy and Ambition: Background to a Naval Expedition -- Plans, Preparations, and Conflict -- Delays and Departures -- The Enterprise of a Passage -- Tragedy at Chibouctou -- The Lost Shepherds -- La Jonquière Takes Command -- The Final Agony -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A compelling account of one of the most ambitious and catastrophic French naval expeditions in the eighteenth century. |
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