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1 online resource |
Contents |
Early years -- New Spain: fighting the Apache -- Learning to be an officer and tasting defeat -- Arrival in Louisiana and preparations for war -- Bernardo de Gálvez takes the initiative -- His finest hour: Pensacola, "I alone" -- Objectives: Jamaica, return to Europe, Cuba -- Viceroy of New Spain |
Summary |
Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war tipped the balance against Britain. Led by Bernardo de Gálvez, supreme commander of the Spanish forces in North America, Spanish military campaigns against British settlements on the Mississippi River, and later against Mobile and Pensacola, were crucial in preventing Britain from concentrating all its North American military and naval forces on the fight against George Washington's Continental Army. This comprehensive biography of Gálvez (1746-86) examines in detail the commander's considerable historical impact and expands our understanding of Spain's contribution to the war |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 07, 2018) |
Subject |
Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786.
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SUBJECT |
Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786
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Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786 fast |
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Viceroys -- New Spain -- Biography
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Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Military participation -- Spanish
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Soldiers
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Spanish colonies
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Viceroys
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Pensacola (Fla.) -- History -- Siege, 1781.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002061
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish
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Spain -- Colonies -- North America -- History -- 18th century
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Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century
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Florida -- Pensacola
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New Spain
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North America
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Spain
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469640808 |
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1469640805 |
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9781469640815 |
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1469640813 |
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