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Record Nr.

UNINA9911009238103321

Autore

Coakley John

Titolo

The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World : Maritime Predation, Empire, and the Construction of Authority at Sea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9789048554263

9048554268

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages)

Collana

Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 Series ; ; v.6

Altri autori (Persone)

KwanNathan

WilsonDavid

Disciplina

364.164

Soggetti

Piracy

Pirates

HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations Commonly Used in Notes -- Introduction -- John Coakley, C. Nathan Kwan, David Wilson -- Section I: Jurisdiction -- 1. Local Maritime Jurisdiction in the Early English Caribbean -- John Coakley -- 2. Primitive, Peregrinate, Piratical: Framing Southeast Asian Sea-Nomads in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Discourse and Imperial Practice -- Martin Müller -- Section II: Practices -- 3. Scots, Castilians, and Other Enemies: Piracy in the Late Medieval Irish Sea World -- Simon Egan -- 4. Boston, Logwood, and the Rise and Decline of the Pirates, 1713 to 1728 -- Steven J. Pitt -- 5. Pirate Encounters and Perceptions of Southern-Netherlandish Sailors on the North Sea and the Indian Ocean, 1704-1781 -- Wim de Winter -- Section III: Representations -- 6. "A Fellow! I think, in all Respects, worthy your Esteem and Favour": Fellowship and treachery in A General History of the Pyrates, 1724-1734 -- Rebecca James -- 7. Henry Glasby: Atypical Pirate or a Typical Pirate? -- James Rankine -- 8. "Our Affairs with the Pyratical States": The United States and the Barbary Crisis, 1784-1797 -- Anna Diamantouli -- Afterword -- Claire Jowitt -- Bibilography -- Index -- List of Illustrations -- Tables -- Table 1:



North American Ports, the Logwood Trade, and Employment, 1714 to 1727 -- Table 2. Editions of A General History of the Pyrates, 1724-1734 -- Maps -- Map 1. Jamaica and the Caribbean Sea -- Map 2. Insular Southeast Asia -- Map 3. Ireland and the Surrounding Seas -- Map 4. Boston Logwood Trade -- Map 5. Ostend and the Indian Ocean -- Map 6. Henry Glasby's Voyage -- Map 7. North African Ottoman States.

Sommario/riassunto

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