Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that Spain's South American colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty, Buenos Aires.
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ISBN:9781444712001 (hc) :
Physical Description:print xii, 369 p. : maps ; 25 cm.