Live auction - fjt_703555 - UNITED KINGDOM Prise de Porto Bello par l’Amiral Vernon (c.1739)

UNITED KINGDOM Prise de Porto Bello par l’Amiral Vernon VF

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	180 €
Maximum bid :	190 €
End of the sale :	25 January 2022 20:39:03
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Prise de Porto Bello par l’Amiral Vernon

Date: (c.1739)

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,20 g.

Edge : lisse

Obverse

Obverse legend : THE BRITISH GLORY REVIV D BV ADMIRAL VERNON.

Obverse description : l’Amiral Vernon debout et de face.

Reverse

Reverse legend : HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY 1739 / BY COURAGE AND CONDUCT À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Six bateaux dans une anse, représentation du port au dessus.

Commentary

La bataille de Portobelo est la première grande action de la guerre de l'oreille de Jenkins qui se termine par la prise et la destruction de Portobelo.
La lutte dure à peine deux heures. Les navires britanniques entrent dans le port et attaquent le fort Todofierro. Après la destruction du fort qui n'a posé aucun problème, les Britanniques débarquent un corps expéditionnaire dirigé par le lieutenant Broderick qui capture la forteresse. De la Vega capitule alors, sans chercher à résister de l'intérieur.
Dans l'euphorie de cette victoire trop facile, ou peut-être furieux parce qu'il n'a trouvé aucune trace des trésors qu'il s'attendait à trouver, Vernon ordonne la destruction systématique de la ville..
The Battle of Portobelo was the first major action of the War of Jenkins' Ear, ending with the capture and destruction of Portobelo. The fight lasted barely two hours. British ships entered the harbor and attacked Fort Todofierro. After the fort's destruction, which posed no problems, the British landed an expeditionary force led by Lieutenant Broderick, who captured the fortress. De la Vega then capitulated, without attempting to resist from within. Euphoric at this all-too-easy victory, or perhaps furious because he had found no trace of the treasures he had expected, Vernon ordered the systematic destruction of the city.