Format:
Online-Ressource (349 p)
ISBN:
9780773513259
Content:
Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Dates, Weights, Measures, and Currency -- Introduction -- 1 Policy and Ambition: Background to a Naval Expedition -- 2 Plans, Preparations, and Conflict -- 3 Delays and Departures -- 4 The Enterprise of a Passage -- 5 Tragedy at Chibouctou -- 6 The Lost Shepherds -- 7 La Jonquière Takes Command -- 8 The Final Agony -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Ships and Men of the Expedition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Tables and Maps""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Dates, Weights, Measures, and Currency""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Policy and Ambition: Background to a Naval Expedition""; ""2 Plans, Preparations, and Conflict""; ""3 Delays and Departures""; ""4 The Enterprise of a Passage""; ""5 Tragedy at Chibouctou""; ""6 The Lost Shepherds""; ""7 La JonquiÃ?re Takes Command""; ""8 The Final Agony""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix: Ships and Men of the Expedition""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
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""O""""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773565531
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773513259
Additional Edition:
Print version Anatomy of a Naval Disaster : The 1746 French Expedition to North America
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
