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Elizabethan Privateering
This 1966 study of privateering during the Elizabethan war with Spain shows that it was closely connected with trade.
Privateers and Privateering
In "Privateers and Privateering," Edward Phillips Statham meticulously explores the intricate world of maritime commerce during the golden age of privateering, juxtaposing the legal and moral ambiguities associated with sanctioned piracy. Through a rich narrative style interwoven with historical documents and vivid descriptions, Statham discusses the tactics, motivations, and economic implications of privateering practices, capturing the complexities of naval warfare and global trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. The book's contextual depth situates privateering within the broader framework of colonial expansion and international relations, emphasizing its dual nature as both a patriotic e...
British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century
An important part of eighteenth-century maritime conflict involved the destruction of enemy commerce and the protection of home trade. In performing these tasks, state navies were augmented by privateers, vessels owned, equipped and manned by private individuals authorised by their governments to attack and seize the enemy’s seabourne property. For their reward, the investors and seafarers engaged in privateering ventures shared in the proceeds of any ships and goods taken and condemned as lawful prize. Privateering therefore represented a business opportunity to the maritime community, a chance to acquire instant wealth at the enemy’s expense; at the same time, it appeared as a cheap convenient means by which the state might supplement its naval strength. In this important analysis David J. Starkey draws upon a wealth of documentary evidence to throw fresh light upon the character, scale and significance of the British privateering business.
Pirates and Privateers
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.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents
"A privateer is an armed vessel (or its commander) which, in time of war, though owners and officers and crew are private persons, has a commission from a belligerent government to commit acts of warfare on vessels of its enemy"--Pref.
Privateers of the Americas
Head examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. Because privateering further complicated international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of Revolution, this study offers a new perspective on the diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic.
