Talk:Edward Vernon

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Vernon is famous because he commanded a huge fleat (186 Ships) against the door to spanish empire (Cartagena de Indias).

He was defeated because of his absolute incompentence and during sigles has been deleted in the british memory. Actually the british empire took a reduced period of time, from 1750 to 1950, compared to the spanish empire 1500-1800, the international weight of british empire, before this date is rather reduced, being ignored by the more powerful France, Spanish and others Armies.

[edit] Rewriting article

I've basically rewritten the article, using the Royal Naval Museum's biograpical sketch of Vernon, which is much more fact-heavy, and does not concentrate quite so much on rum (fine tho' rum is) . . . Pilch62 06:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

From my humble and Spanish point of view I think this article is not a place to asses the importance and/or duration of British and Spanish Empires through History. However I miss some information about the outcome of the Brittish expedition against Cartagena de Indias in 1741. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.103.1.244 (talk) 21:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)