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A history of the late siege of Gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest periods. By John Drinkwater, ... Second ... corrected; with a copious table of contents. - Softcover
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British Library
T135505
With a list of subscribers.
London : printed by T. Spilsbury; and sold by J. Johnson; T. and J. Egerton; and J. Edwards, 1786. xxiv,356p.,plates : maps ; 4°
Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict.
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British Library
T135505
With a list of subscribers.
London : printed by T. Spilsbury; and sold by J. Johnson; T. and J. Egerton; and J. Edwards, 1786. xxiv,356p.,plates : maps ; 4°
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From 1779 to 1783 a British garrison at Gibraltar fought off a fierce Franco-Spanish siege, with the aid of the navy. This bestselling account by a member of the garrison was first published in 1785. Gibraltar was of vital strategic importance to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently.
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- PublisherGale ECCO, Print Editions
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1140810677
- ISBN 13 9781140810674
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages428
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