RAID ON AMERICA: \;
\nTHE FORGOT TEN DUTCH RECONQUEST OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC IN 1673
\nIn 1672\, Engl and formally declared war on its arch-rival\, the United Provinces of the Netherlands\, marking the beginning of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. In respo nse\, the Evertsen Expedition\, under the command of Cornelius Evertsen of Zeeland\, launched a surprise attack against the English East India Compa ny fleet\, to be followed by raids on both major and minor English and Fre nch colonial establishments in the Western Hemisphere. It is today an all but forgotten conflict in the history of colonial America\, readily ignore d in Anglo-American historical texts\, but included the first major naval invasion of the Chesapeake Bay and fleet engagements therein\, the Dutch r e-conquest of New York\, New Jersey\, and Delaware and re-establishment of colonial governments in each\, and the destruction of the French and Engl ish fishing industry in Canada.This is the story of that long ignored camp aign that changed the world.
\nAbout the author:
\nDonald Grad y Shomette\, a native of Washington\, D.C.\, completed his undergraduate w ork in art and art history at the Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn\, New York. H e was the recipient of an Honorary Ph.D. in Humane Letters from the Univer sity of Baltimore for his contributions to the arts\, science\, and litera ture. For nearly two decades he served on the staff of the Library of Cong ress and simultaneously as director of Nautical Archaeological Associates\ , Inc.\, an archaeological research organization\, which conducted the fir st underwater cultural resource surveys in the states of Maryland\, New Je rsey\, and Arkansas. Later he served a CEO of Cultural Resources Managemen t\, Dunkirk\, Maryland. He is currently serving as Honorary President\, an d Executive Board Member of Filey Bay 1779 Research Group Ltd.\, North Yor kshire\, UK. As a historian he has served as a consultant for many states\ , agencies of the U.S. Government\, museums\, universities\, and non-profi t establishments. As a marine archaeologist he has worked in the United St ates\, Canada\, and Great Britain under the sponsorship of such institutio ns as the National Geographic Society\, the National Park Service\, the Un ited States Navy\, and myriad educational foundations and museums. Shomett e is the author of twenty books and contributor to international encyclope dias and anthologies of history\, an most recently to an anthology of Sout hern Maryland poetry. His many scientific and popular articles have appear ed in such publications as \;National Geographic\, \;History and T echnology\, and \;Sea History. For more than a dozen years he served a s lecturer and study leader for the Smithsonian Journeys Program in the Gr eat Lakes and along the entirety of \; of the North Atlantic seaboard of the United States. Thrice winner of the prestigious John Lyman Book Awa rd for Best American Maritime History\, and twice winner of the Marion V. Brewington Book Award for Best Book of the year in Naval Literature\, Shom ette was also honored with the Calvert Prize\, the highest award in Maryla nd for historic preservation. His endeavors afield have also taken him int o the field of historic cartography for the National Geographic Society\, and into recorded sound and music as a lyricist and music producer. His mo st recent publication from Heritage Books\, inc.\, is a two-volume set ent itled \;Siege: The Canadian Campaign in the American Revolution\, 1775 -1776\, a history of the first American invasion of Canada. \;
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