Is it true the British heavily downplayed their defeat in Cartagena?
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From reading your link over, it appears that the War of Austrian Succession (and its Americas equivalent of King George's war) started quite soon thereafter. I suspect the general military land actions were considered way more important than a single Naval battle (dominated mostly by Yellow Fever) fought out in the middle of nowhere that mostly just preserved the status quo.
The overall conflict this was a part of appears to be known as The War of Jenkins' Ear. If nothing else, I think the name gives you an idea of how important the conflict was considered.
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