
Anatomy of a Naval Disaster
The 1746 French Expedition to North America
James Pritchard(Author)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Will be published approx. on 28. September 1995
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-0-7735-1325-9 (ISBN)
Description
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. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.
Reviews / Votes
"Pritchard broadens our understanding of a misunderstood event in colonial North American history and fits it into the contexts of French and European diplomatic and naval history. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster will stand as the authoritative treatment of the d'Enville expedition." W.G. Godfrey, Mount Allison University.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-1325-9 (9780773513259)
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E-Book
09/1995
1st Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€34.49
Available for download
Person
James Pritchard is a member of the Department of History at Queen's University.
Content
Policy and ambition; background to a naval expedition; plans, preparations and conflict; delays and departures; the enterprise of a passage; tragedy at Chibouctou; the lost shepherds; La Jonquiere takes command; the final agony.