Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740 / / Mark G. Hanna.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Chapel Hill : : The University of North Carolina Press,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
| Notes: | "Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia." |
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Table of 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.