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Privateers Pirates 1730 1830
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Privateering |
ISBN | : OCLC:815935288 |
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Privateers Pirates 1730 1830
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publsiher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1841760161 |
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Following the pirate scourge of the early 18th century, many sea captains took to privateering as a means of making money. A form of nationally sponsored piracy, it reached its peak during the American Revolution (1763-1776), when the fledgling American navy had to rely on privateers to disrupt British shipping between England and the rebellious colonies. Following peace in 1815, many former privateers turned to piracy, spawning the last great piratical wave, which would last for a decade. The world of these privateers and latter-day pirates comes vividly to life in this detailed exploration of their ships, crews, ports and battle tactics.
Pirates
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780762768356 |
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Angus Konstam sets sail through the brutal history of piracy, separating myth from legend and fact from fiction. Pirates takes us into the depths of the pirate's dark world, examining the many colorful characters from Cretans and Vikings to French corsairs and the British rogues of the golden age of piracy, such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd and even two women pirates, Mary Read and Ann Bonny, who became pregnant to avoid execution. A blood-soaked, riveting account, it provides a complete history of the fearsome threat on the high seas from the marauders in the pages of antiquity to the Somali pirates in the headlines of today.
Pirates Privateers and Profits
Author | : James Gavin Lydon |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : New York (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : WISC:89067462317 |
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"Probably the most important privateering center of the era in North America, and possibly of the British Empire, bustling Colonial New York serves as a microcosm for this scholarly study of the decline of piracy and the enforcement of legality in privateering. ... In the 1690s, the city of New York was a flourishing pirate center. By the mid-[18th-]century, however, only a few of its privateersmen drifted into the dangerous practices of the earlier period. Pirates gave way before governmental control or retired or died. ... History and politics play important roles in this economic examination of the port. Legal aspects of the maritime depredation are thoroughly treated, as pirates and privateersmen elbow merchants and government officials in their quest for loot." -- Book jacket.
The Pirate Ship 1660 1730
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2021-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472852403 |
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The deeds and personalities of famous pirates have received significant attention in recent years: however, no detailed depiction of their vessels has ever been produced. This title redresses the imbalance, conducting a detailed exploration of the wide variety of pirate vessels that sailed the high seas during the 'golden age' of piracy (1690–1730), from gun-bristling warships to smaller craft such as sloops, brigantines and early schooners. It incorporates the latest archaeological evidence to produce a fascinating account of these vessels, detailing their origins, development and tactical engagement. Packed with contemporary illustrations and superbly detailed colour artwork, the ships of the 'golden age' are brought vividly to life.
Pirates and Privateers
Author | : David John Starkey |
Publsiher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015040610753 |
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Those travelling on the seas have always been vulnerable to the attacks of predators acting within or without the law. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries such assaults reached new heights as the development of trans-oceanic empires increased massively the wealth and extent of sea-borne trade, and with it the potential for prize-taking.Pirates and Privateers focuses on the character of pirate communities in the Caribbean, the East Indies and China, and on the scale and significance of privateering operations based in the principal European maritime states. It brings together the latest work of an internationally renowned group of scholars to shed fresh light on the fascinating, frequently misunderstood subject of violence at sea in the age of sail.
Pirate Hunting
Author | : Benerson Little |
Publsiher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781597975889 |
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For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes. Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure the seas. Benerson Little lends further dimension to this unending battle by including the history of piracy and privateering, ranging from the Mycenaean rovers to the modern pirates of Somalia. He also introduces associated naval warfare; maritime commerce and transportation; the development of speed under oar, sail, and steam; and the evolution of weaponry. More than just a vivid account of the war that seafarers and pirates have waged, Pirate Hunting is invaluable reading in a world where acts of piracy are once more a significant threat to maritime commerce and voyagers. It will appeal to readers interested in the history of piracy, anti-piracy operations, and maritime, naval, and military history worldwide.
Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean
Author | : Jenifer Marx |
Publsiher | : Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Buccaneers |
ISBN | : UVA:X002087752 |
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Includes Captain Kidd, Sir Henry Morgan, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Teach, commonly called Blackbeard, and Captain Bartholomew Roberts.