02887nam 2200709Ia 450 991078273130332120230912155951.01-282-85351-197866128535170-7735-6553-110.1515/9780773565531(CKB)1000000000713436(OCoLC)32547441(CaPaEBR)ebrary10139760(SSID)ssj0000276862(PQKBManifestationID)11204994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276862(PQKBWorkID)10226288(PQKB)10654043(DLC) 96154384(CaPaEBR)400501(CaBNvSL)slc00200993(Au-PeEL)EBL3331423(CaPaEBR)ebr10147005(CaONFJC)MIL285351(OCoLC)929121959(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/nkz4gp(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400501(MiAaPQ)EBC3331423(DE-B1597)656111(DE-B1597)9780773565531(MiAaPQ)EBC3246365(EXLCZ)99100000000071343619950424h19951995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAnatomy of a naval disaster the 1746 French naval expedition to North America /James PritchardMontreal ;Buffalo :McGill-Queen's University Press,1995.©19951 online resource (xvi, 322 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-1325-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.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 -- IndexA compelling account of one of the most ambitious and catastrophic French naval expeditions in the eighteenth century.Naval historyFranceHistory, Naval18th centuryFranceHistoryLouis XV, 1715-1774United StatesHistoryKing George's War, 1744-1748Naval operations, FrenchNaval history.944/.034Pritchard James S.1939-2015.850883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782731303321Anatomy of a naval disaster3680281UNINA