The Golden Rock: An Episode of the American War of Independence  -  Ronald Hurst

KORTE INHOUD

The story of the tiny Dutch island of St. Eustatius - the Golden Rock - in the Lesser Antilles, once the richest trading centre in the Caribbean and a major source of supply for arms and necessaries for the American rebels in the War of Independence, will be known to few, other than students of that war or British naval history.
The events which followed Britain's declaration of war on the Dutch in December 1780, to pre-empt a threatened alliance with Britain's enemies, France and Spain, and the consequent s...
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Uitgever: Pen & Sword 326 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0850523451 ISBN-13: 9780850523454