Britain, Portugal and South America in the Napoleonic Wars

In the maelstrom of Napoleonic Europe, Britain remained defiant, resisting French imperial ambitions. This Anglo-French rivalry was, essentially, a politico-economic conflict for pre-eminence fought on a global scale and it reached a zenith in 1806-1808 with France''s apparent dominance of Continental Europe. Britain reacted swiftly and decisively to implement maritime-based strategies to limit Fr...