Название: The British Navy in the Caribbean
Автор: John D. Grainger
Издательство: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1783275898
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 279
Размер: 3,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book charts the involvement of the British navy in the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. It recounts the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake and their attacks on Spanish territories, outlines the capture of Jamaica during the time of Oliver Cromwell's rule and describes the growth of the British slave trade.