Spanish insolence corrected by English bravery
Subtitle: being an historical account of the many signal naval at chievements[!] obtained by the English over the Spaniards fom [!] the year 1350 to the present time
By: By Captain Jinkins [!]
Publisher: Printed for R. Thomas
Published: 1739
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Naval History
Notes: First pub. anonymously in 1738. A later ed. with changes was pub. in 1739 under the title: England's triumph: or, Spanish cowardice expos'd...by Captain Charles Jenkins. By "Charles Jenkins" is probably meant "Robert Jenkins" who lost one of ears in an encounter with the Spaniards in 1731 and gave his name to the War of Jenkin's Ear. It is not probable, however, that Robert Jenkins was the author.