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Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740
"Analyzing the rise and subsequent fall of international piracy from the perspective of colonial hinterlands, Mark G. Hanna explores the often overt support of sea marauders in maritime communities from the inception of England's burgeoning empire in the 1570s to its administrative consoli...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740 / Mark G. Hanna |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina press
, 2015, cop. 2015 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XVI-448 p.-[1] p. de pl.) |
| Sujets : |
- P. 1
- Introduction: William Penn's piratical society
- P. 21
- The Elizabethan West Country: nursery for English seamen ... and pirates, 1570-1603
- P. 58
- Piratical colonization, 1603-1655
- P. 102
- Contesting Jamaica's future, 1655-1688
- P. 144
- South Sea pirates sail north, 1674-1688
- P. 183
- The rise of the Red Sea pirates, 1688-1696
- P. 222
- The spirit of 1696: initiating imperial revolution
- P. 251
- Setting up for themselves, 1697-1701
- P. 292
- George Larkin's tour, 1701-1703
- P. 330
- Captain Quelch's warning: the transformation of pirate nests, 1704-1713
- P. 365
- "Abandon'd wretches": rethinking the war on pirates, 1713-1740
- P. 416
- Conclusion: Piratical societies: trends and lessons