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War of Jenkins' Ear

1739 CE – 1748 CE

Anglo-Spanish war in the Caribbean and the Americas, remembered above all for Britain's disastrous attempt to seize Cartagena de Indias before the conflict merged into the wider War of the Austrian…

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1739–1748 conflict between Britain and Spain

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War of Jenkins' Ear

1739 CE – 1748 CE

Anglo-Spanish war in the Caribbean and the Americas, remembered above all for Britain's disastrous attempt to seize Cartagena de Indias before the conflict merged into the wider War of the Austrian Succession.

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