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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819396603321

Autore

Hanna Mark G. <1974->

Titolo

Pirate nests and the rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740 / by Mark G. Hanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , [2015]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©[2015]

ISBN

979-88-908468-6-0

1-4696-1796-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

910.4/5

Soggetti

Pirates - Great Britain - History

Piracy - Great Britain - Colonies - History

Piracy - Great Britain - History

Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--