Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present

1198 Pages·2008·26.12 MB·English

by  David Marley

WARS OF
THE
AMERICAS

WARS
OF
THE
AMERICAS
A CHRONOLOGY OF ARMED CONFLICT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, 1492 TO THE PRESENT
Second Edition

David F. Marley
Santa Barbara, California • Denver, Colorado • Oxford, England

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marley, David, 1950–
Wars of the Americas : a chronology of armed confl ict in the Western Hemisphere,
1492 to the present / David F. Marley — 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59884-100-8 (hard copy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-59884-101-5 (ebook)
1. America—History, Military—Chronology. I. Title.
E18.75.M374 2008
355'.0097—dc22
2007044484

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Dedicated to the memory of my beloved father
Frank Lewis “Pancho” Marley
( July 12,1917–November 27, 1996)
who at the age of nineteen departed Canada aboard the S.S. Calgary
for a life of adventure in Africa, and the world beyond

Contents
Preface, xi
Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar, xiii

Discovery and Conquest (1492–1572) 261 Buccaneer Heyday (1668–1672)
3 Initial Contacts (1492–1498) 272 Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)
6 Mainland Explorations (1498–1519) and Franco-Spanish War
21 Conquest of Mexico (1517–1521) (1673–1679)
38 Expansion beyond Mexico (1521–1540) 291 Irregular Warfare (1679–1688)
45 Conquest of Peru (1524–1539) 311 King William’s War (1688–1697)
57 Conquest of V enezuela and Colombia 333 Darien Disaster (1698–1699)
(1529–1546)
66 Conquest of Chile (1540–1553) High Tide of Empire (1700 –1777)
68 Consolidation (1541–1572) 337 Queen Anne’s War (1702–1713)
362 Minor Incidents (1713–1719)
Seaborne Challengers (1526 –1609) 368 War of the Quadruple Alliance
75 Franco-Spanish Wars (1526–1559) (1718–1720)
88 Private Warfare (1559–1587) 372 Turmoil (1721–1724)
121 Elizabethan Wars (1588–1603) 375 Anglo-Spanish Frictions (1725–1729)
377 Interwar Years (1730–1738)
Rival Outposts (1604 –1659) 381 War of Jenkins’s Ear, Later King George’s
149 Early Footholds (1604–1619) War (1739–1748)
157 Holland’s “Great Design” (1613–1649) 412 Spanish American Disturbances
209 Other Colonial Struggles (1622–1640) (1748–1754)
217 England’s Resurgence (1640–1659) 414 French and Indian War (1754–1763)
443 Boundary Disputes (1763–1774)
Intercolonial Friction (1660 –1700) 449 Undeclared Hispano-Portuguese Confl ict
241 No Peace beyond the Line (1660–1665) (1775–1777)
247 Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)
and War of Devolution (1667)