Storm and conquest : the clash of empires in the eastern seas, 1809 / Stephen Taylor.
2008
DC202.3 .T39 2008 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection
Items
Details
Title
Storm and conquest : the clash of empires in the eastern seas, 1809 / Stephen Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Stephen, 1948-
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
9780393060478
0393060470
0393060470
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.
Language
English
Description
xx, 380 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DC202.3 .T39 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.2/745091824
Summary
Chronicles a fateful season in the early nineteenth century during which the effort to bring home Bengali saltpeter for the Peninsular campaign focused on the capture of the island of Mauritius and culminated in significant military and civilian losses.
Note
"Originally published under the title: Storm and conquest : the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-1810"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-364) and index.
Linked Resources
Table of contents only
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
Dramatis personae xvii
Part I Storm
Part II Conquest.
Part I Storm
Part II Conquest.