Storm and conquest : the clash of empires in the eastern seas, 1809 / Stephen Taylor.
Taylor, Stephen, 1948-
2008
DC202.3 .T39 2008 (Mapit)
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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
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.
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Dramatis personae xvii
Part I Storm
Part II Conquest.

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