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Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America


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This is an account of one of the most ambitious and catastrophic French naval expeditions in the 18th century, resulting in the deaths of up to 8000 men. It exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the 18th century. Intended as a riposte to the Anglo-American capture of Loisbourg in 1745, the so-called d'Enville expedition set out from France the following year to secure Canada, recapture Acadia and Louisbourg, and ravage the New England coast as far south as Boston. Many of the 64 French vessels involved did not return and estimates of the dead reached as high as 8000, yet the enemy was never met in battle. James Pritchard's account of this naval fiasco sheds new light on the extent of the tragedy and raises questions about the role and effectiveness of naval power during the intercolonial wars of the mid-18th century. 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.

Table of Contents:
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.

About the Author :
James Pritchard is a member of the Department of History at Queen's University.

Review :
"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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780773513259
  • Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 344
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 709 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0773513256
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The 1746 French Expedition to North America
  • Width: 152 mm


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