The Severing Of a Sea Captains Ear Led to a Global War Between Spain and Britain in the 1740s

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 7:40 a.m.

In the early 1700s, decades of rising tensions between Spain and Britain culminated in a war that was fought all over the world. And it all started with a scene that sounds like it belongs in Reservoir Dogs: In 1731, a Spanish guarda costa abused its...