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1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
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online resource cr |
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"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia." |
Contents |
Introduction: William Penn's piratical society -- The Elizabethan West Country: nursery for English seamen ... and pirates, 1570-1603 -- Piratical colonization, 1603-1655 -- Contesting Jamaica's future, 1655-1688 -- Chapter 4. South Sea pirates sail north, 1674-1688 -- The rise of the Red Sea pirates, 1688-1696 -- The spirit of 1696: initiating imperial revolution -- Setting up for themselves, 1697-1701 -- George Larkin's tour, 1701-1703 -- Captain Quelch's warning: the transformation of pirate nests, 1704-1713 -- "Abandon'd wretches": rethinking the war on pirates, 1713-1740 -- Conclusion: Piratical societies: trends and lessons. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
ISBN |
9781469617961 electronic bk. |
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146961796X electronic bk. |
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