Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740 /
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[Book]
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by Mark G. Hanna.
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Chapel Hill :
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The University of North Carolina Press,
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[2015]
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1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) :
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illustrations, maps, portraits
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"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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 consolidation by the 1740s. Although traditionally depicted as swashbuckling adventurers on the high seas, pirates played a crucial role on land. Far from a hindrance to trade, their enterprises contributed to commercial development and to the economic infrastructure of port towns."--
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OverDrive, Inc.
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22573/ctt14r8v33
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BA65DB99-592B-47F6-A91A-00054EA3D490
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Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740