<P> The War of Jenkins ' Ear ( known as Guerra del Asiento in Spain ) was a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1748 , with major operations largely ended by 1742 . Its unusual name , coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1858 , refers to an ear severed from Robert Jenkins , a captain of a British merchant ship . Despite stories to that effect , there is no evidence the severed ear was exhibited before the British Parliament . </P>
<P> The War of Jenkins ' Ear ( known as Guerra del Asiento in Spain ) was a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1748 , with major operations largely ended by 1742 . Its unusual name , coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1858 , refers to an ear severed from Robert Jenkins , a captain of a British merchant ship . Despite stories to that effect , there is no evidence the severed ear was exhibited before the British Parliament . </P>
who was involved in the war of jenkins ear
who was involved in the war of jenkins ear
Britain and Spain
Britain and Spain