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This series draws on the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich to illustrate the great maritime events of the prephotographic era.This volume illustrates all naval facets of the War of 1812 with contemporary sources from the British Maritime Museum and the archives of North America. It also includes a wealth of eyewitness material from diaries, journals, and sketchbooks of participants. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)973.525History and Geography North America United States 1809-1845 War of 1812 Naval historyClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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The Americans went to war under the slogan of 'Free Trade and Sailors Rights' but afterwards had gained concessions on neither issue. The British consumed with the titanic struggle with Napoleon at first had no war aims other than forcing the Americans to make peace and preserving Canada. By 1814 however having defeated the French, Britain embarked on a far more aggressive strategy. The failures on Lake Champlain and even before the fighting ended at New Orleans, neither side had achieved a strategic gaol.
It was however, a defining moment in the history of North America and as such, a war with much significance from whence the modern states of Canada and the United States emerged.
It also marked the coming of age of the US navy, which not only won moral boosting victories at sea, but intervened to crucial effect on the Great Lakes.
Lavishly illustrated with diagrams, photos of contemporary paintings, maps and printers and artist's notes, this is a hugely researched tome covering almost every aspect of the naval during the American War of Independence. A 'must have' for anyone interested in that nation defining conflict ( )