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American Revolutionary War: The British San Juan Expedition sails from Jamaica under the command of Captains John Polson and Horatio Nelson to attack the…
17 de mar. de 1780 · 11.02° N, 84.40° W
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- 17 de mar. de 1780
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American Revolutionary War: The British San Juan Expedition sails from Jamaica under the command of Captains John Polson and Horatio Nelson to attack the Captaincy General of Guatemala (modern-day Nicaragua) in New Spain.
San Juan Expedition (1780)
Expedition in the American War of Independence
The San Juan Expedition took place between March and November 1780 during the American War of Independence when a British force under the command of John Polson and Captain Horatio Nelson landed in Mosquitia. Their aim was to sail up the San Juan River to capture the strategically crucial towns of Granada and León, located on the north-western shore of Lake Nicaragua.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “неудачная экспедиция в реку Сан-Хуан”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte