La Rochelle

[Fiera]

quote: Originally posted by Jay Bee on 02-13-2001 10:27 PMBut if you tell me that the contenders were the "Spanish"... I am somewhat surprised by such a lack of rigor by someone as reputed as Doyle. After all he did not work for Hollywood, did he?

Well, in the cover it says it's a "complete and unabridged" edition, but you never can tell...

quote: Nope, Did you buy it in Spain?

Yes, probably they're only for sale here...

PS: cpoulos, I too think Gladiator will get at least six or seven Oscars, best director for Ridley Scott among them...



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"¡Y pensar que algunos se asombran de que hayamos perdido las colonias! Lo que a mí me asombra es que, con esta burocracia, no hayamos perdido hasta los pantalones."

Pío Baroja

[Fiera]

quote: Originally posted by cpoulos on 02-13-2001 10:31 PM I had this book also Fiera! But I don't know what has become of it, and I havn't read it in at least 20 years!

And didn't you just loved it? It's great, I won't get tired of recommend it...

[Chris 62]

Viva Espana! Good night guys, and don't forget your girls tomorrow, or they will make sure that they will never let you hear the end of it!

[techumseh]

Here is what the Atlas of Naval Warfare says about the battle of La Rochelle (22-23 June 1372): "The English send a fleet under Lord Pembroke to the Bay of Biscay to relieve the besieged La Rochelle. During an attempted forcing of the harbour entrance, they are subject to a surprise attack by a Franco-Castillan fleet under Ambrosio Bocanegra. On the first day the contest is indecisive, but, on the second day, Pembroke is captured and the English fleet almost completely destroyed."

[Waku]

JB,

Too busy yesterday to walk around here (f*%#ing job!).

Here we go...
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manusc...n1/i3_0046.htm http://rococo.ele.cie.uva.es/ismael/med/lr1372.html

Hope to be back with more after searching the web more thoroughly.

PS: Do you understand french JB? Si tu veux je peu chercher aussi en français.

[Waku]

Have fun:


http://francois.delboca.free.fr/fsnavale.html

http://www.unipissing.ca/department/...sart/tales.htm

http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/review...r/art11w98.htm

http://gallica.bnf.fr/Fonds_Tables/003/M0033082.htm


[This message has been edited by Waku (edited February 14, 2001).]

[Chris 62]

Hey Waku, you sure can make a guy look small! I tried for three hours and only came up with that little scrap! Excellent research work.

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[Waku]

quote: Originally posted by cpoulos on 02-14-2001 02:59 PM Hey Waku, you sure can make a guy look small! I tried for three hours and only came up with that little scrap! Excellent research work.

C'mon, I'm gonna blush.

(In fact I never surf the web, I'm always searching the web)

TNX

[Chris 62]

O.K., I looked for several hours on the net and came up with this. Most acounts don't even talk about naval warfare.

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All knowledge begins with the phrase: I don't know.

[Jay Bee]

Waku, thanks so much for the links!

PS. je ne parle francaise ná de ná ... but I've got Altavista!