Against which country did England fight 'The War of Jenkins' Ear'?
War of Jenkins' Ear in Savannah, Georgia. War of Jenkins' Ear 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. There is no evidence that supports the stories that the severed ear was exhibited before the British Parliament. The seeds of conflict began with the separation of an ear from Jenkins following the boarding of his vessel by
War of Jenkins' Ear incident that gave its name to the war had occurred in 1731, off the coast of Florida, when the British brig "Rebecca" was boarded by the Spanish patrol boat "La Isabela", commanded by the "guarda costa" (effectively privateer) Juan de León Fandiño. After boarding, Fandiño cut off the left ear of the "Rebecca"'s captain, Robert Jenkins, whom he accused of smuggling (although Franklin’s "Pennsylvania Gazette" for 7 October 1731, says it was Lieutenant Dorce). Fandiño told Jenkins, "Go, and tell your King that I will do the same, if he dares to do the same." In March 1738, Jenkins was