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Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination (Paperback)
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Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History, Volume 2
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The most renowned naval officer of the mid-nineteenth century,
Thomas Cochrane, tenth Earl of Dundonald (1775 1860), led an
eventful life. Due to a financial scandal, he left the Royal Navy
for a period and became a celebrated mercenary. Volume 2 of this
two-volume work, published in 1859, concerns the period, from 1823,
of Cochrane's command of the Brazilian navy. It addresses the
recruitment of seamen and the strengthening of the fleet, his
negotiations with the government for payment, and his eventual
resignation after independence had been secured in 1825. Cochrane
did not achieve the same level of battle engagement and naval
success as he had done in Chile; rather, his time in Brazil was
largely characterised by infighting, bitterness and administrative
machinations. Cochrane was the quintessential naval hero of the
age, and his memoir remains of interest to both scholars and
readers of maritime adventure.
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