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Privateers

Author : Ben Bova
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429932384
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Privateers written by Ben Bova and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ben Bova's award-winning Privateers, America has ceded the heavens to the Tyrants--and the Renegades. The U.S. has abandoned its quest for the stars, and an old enemy has moved in to fill the void. The potential wealth of the universe is now in malevolent hands. Rebel billionaire Dan Randolph -- possessor of the largest privately owned company in space -- intends to weaken the stranglehold the new despotic masters of the solar system have on the lucrative ore industry. But when the mineral-rich asteroid he sets in orbit around the Earth is commandeered by the enemy, and his unarmed workers are slaughtered in cold blood, the course of Randolph's life is changed forever. Now cataclysm is aimed at the exposed heart of America -- a potential catastrophe that Randolph himself inadvertently set in motion. And the maverick entrepreneur must use his skills, cunning, and vast resources to strike out at his foes hard, fast and with ruthless precision -- and wear proudly the mantle that fate thrust upon him: space pirate! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Privateers of the Americas

Author : David Head (Ph. D.)
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820348643
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Privateers of the Americas written by David Head (Ph. D.) and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. These activities were sanctioned by, and conducted on behalf of, republics in Spanish America aspiring to independence from Spain. Among the available histories of privateering, there is no comparable work. Because privateering further complicated international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of Revolution, the book also offers a new perspective on the diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic. Seafarers living in the United States secured commissions from Spanish American nations, attacked Spanish vessels, and returned to sell their captured cargoes (which sometimes included slaves) from bases in Baltimore, New Orleans, and Galveston and on AmeliaIsland. Privateers sold millions of dollars of goods to untold numbers of ordinary Americans. Their collective enterprise involved more than a hundred vessels and thousands of people—not only ships’ crews but also investors, merchants, suppliers, and others. They angered foreign diplomats, worried American officials, and muddied U.S. foreign relations. David Head looks at how Spanish American privateering worked and who engaged in it; how the U.S. government responded; how privateers and their supporters evaded or exploited laws and international relations; what motivated men to choose this line of work; and ultimately, what it meant to them to sail for the new republics of Spanish America. His findings broaden our understanding of the experience of being an American in a wider world. DAVID HEAD is an assistantprofessor of history at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Cover design: Erin Kirk New Cover illustration: Early American Places logo The University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org ISBN (paper) 978-0-8203-4864-3

Pirates and Privateers

Author : Charlotte Montague
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 0785835024
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Pirates and Privateers written by Charlotte Montague and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action-packed stories of pirates, treachery, and buried treasure have excited and fascinated readers ever since Treasure Island became an instant bestseller in 1883. But are these tales partly fact or totally fiction? What do we know about the real pirates of yesteryear? Who were they, and where did they come from? And what is the reality behind the myth? Pirates and Privateers delves into the real lives of the men and women whose brutal journeys of adventure have become legendary. It explores the true story behind those tempestuous times, and reveals the ruthless violence of notorious seadogs such as Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Henry Morgan, and the Barbarossa Brothers, plundering their way across the seven seas in search of riches and infamy.

Privateers

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Publisher : Koehler Books
ISBN 13 : 9781646633081
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Privateers written by and published by Koehler Books. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Adam Decker and three fellow former US Navy officers set out to start a unique cruise-line business by purchasing and reconditioning a mothballed US Navy warship, they soon learn that they have vastly underestimated the costs. Enter Mr. Pratt, a mysterious gentleman who offers to help resolve the company's financial troubles-if they agree to sail into the Arabian Gulf and perform a "service" for his client, the country of Kuwait. The officers and crew are ill prepared for the challenges that they face as they transit to the Arabian Gulf where the operation escalates to a powerful climax.

Privateering

Author : Faye Kert
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421417472
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Privateering written by Faye Kert and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to tell the tale of the War of 1812 from the privateers’ perspective. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally condemned by a prize court, the privateers could sell off ships and cargo and pocket the proceeds. Because only a handful of ship-to-ship engagements occurred between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, it was really the privateers who fought—and won—the war at sea. In Privateering, Faye M. Kert introduces readers to U.S. and Atlantic Canadian privateers who sailed those skirmishing ships, describing both the rare captains who made money and the more common ones who lost it. Some privateers survived numerous engagements and returned to their pre-war lives; others perished under violent circumstances. Kert demonstrates how the romantic image of pirates and privateers came to obscure the dangerous and bloody reality of private armed warfare. Building on two decades of research, Privateering places the story of private armed warfare within the overall context of the War of 1812. Kert highlights the economic, strategic, social, and political impact of privateering on both sides and explains why its toll on normal shipping helped convince the British that the war had grown too costly. Fascinating, unfamiliar, and full of surprises, this book will appeal to historians and general readers alike.

Buccaneers and Privateers

Author : Richard Frohock
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611493870
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Buccaneers and Privateers written by Richard Frohock and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late seventeenth century, Spain dominated the Caribbean and Central and South America, establishing colonies, mining gold and silver, and gathering riches from Asia for transportation back to Europe. Seeking to disrupt Spain's nearly unchecked empire-building and siphon off some of their wealth, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British adventurers--both legitimate and illegitimate--led numerous expeditions into the Caribbean and the Pacific. Many voyagers wrote accounts of their exploits, captivating readers with their tales of exotic places, shocking hardships and cruelties, and daring engagements with national enemies. Widely distributed and read, buccaneering and privateering narratives contributed significantly to England's imaginative, literary rendering of the Americas in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and they provided a venue for public dialogue about sea rovers and their position within empire. This book takes as its subject the literary and rhetorical construction of voyagers and their histories, and by extension, the representation of English imperialism in popular sea-voyage narratives of the period.

Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast

Author : Lindley S. Butler
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625989
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast written by Lindley S. Butler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nation's history. Now, Lindley Butler brings this fascinating aspect of the state's maritime heritage vividly to life. He offers engaging biographical portraits of some of the most famous pirates, privateers, and naval raiders to ply the Carolina waters. Covering 150 years, from the golden age of piracy in the 1700s to the extraordinary transformation of naval warfare ushered in by the Civil War, Butler sketches the lives of eight intriguing characters: the pirate Blackbeard and his contemporary Stede Bonnet; privateer Otway Burns and naval raider Johnston Blakeley; and Confederate raiders James Cooke, John Maffitt, John Taylor Wood, and James Waddell. Penetrating the myths that have surrounded these legendary figures, he uncovers the compelling true stories of their lives and adventures.

Pirates and Privateers in the 18th Century

Author : Mike Rendell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526731665
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Pirates and Privateers in the 18th Century written by Mike Rendell and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century. It examines their lifestyle, looking at how the sinking of the Spanish treasure fleet in a storm off the coast of Florida led to a pirates gold rush; how the Kings Pardon was a desperate gamble which paid off and considers the role of individual island governors, such as Woodes Rogers in the Bahamas, in bringing piracy under control.The book also looks at how piracy has been a popular topic in print, plays, songs and now films, making thieves and murderers into swash-buckling heroes. It also considers the whole question of buried treasure and gives a lively account of many of the pirates who dominated the so-called Golden Age of Piracy.

A History of American Privateers

Author : Edgar Stanton Maclay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of American Privateers written by Edgar Stanton Maclay and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the American Privateers

Author : George Coggeshall
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429020741
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book History of the American Privateers written by George Coggeshall and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the American privateers and letters-of-marque during our war with England in the years 1812, '13 and ' 14. Interspersed with several naval battles between American and British ships-of-war This book, "History of the American privateers," by George Coggeshall, is a replication of a book originally published before 1856. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean

Author : Jenifer Marx
Publisher : Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean written by Jenifer Marx and published by Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Captain Kidd, Sir Henry Morgan, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Teach, commonly called Blackbeard, and Captain Bartholomew Roberts.

Privateer's Apprentice

Author : Susan Verrico
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 1561459291
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Privateer's Apprentice written by Susan Verrico and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jameson is kidnapped and taken to sea, he must learn how to survive. Jameson Cooper always assumed he would grow up to be a printer like his father. But after the unexpected death of his parents, his fortunes change forever when he is wrongly accused of stealing bread and sentenced to indentured servitude. In a twist of fate, he is suddenly knocked out and kidnapped, and awakens on board the Destiny, captained by the fearsome Attack Jack, a privateer in the service of Queen Anne. Now Jameson must learn to be a sailor, using the skills he learned from his father to aid Attack Jack in mapping the New World so that they can claim new territories for England. But Jameson finds out that the captain and his first mate, Solitaire Peep, have a secret hidden deep in a cave on a mysterious island. England's future might hang in the balance...and so might Jameson's. With a sympathetic hero and a climactic resolution, this exciting historical fiction adventure from Susan Verrico will captivate readers and keep them on the edge of their seats.

Lord of the Privateers

Author : Stephanie Laurens
Publisher : Savdek Management Proprietary Limited
ISBN 13 : 1925559696
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Lord of the Privateers written by Stephanie Laurens and published by Savdek Management Proprietary Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can true love die? Or, neglected, does it lie dormant until the object of true desire is again within reach? Denied, does passion smoulder, like embers waiting for the right conditions to flare into an all-consuming conflagration? #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens delivers the thrilling conclusion to her acclaimed series, THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, a passionate Regency-era drama played out on the high seas and in the sweltering heat of tropical jungles, ultimately reaching a scintillating climax in the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair. The eldest of the Frobisher brothers and widely known as the lord of the privateers, Royd Frobisher expects to execute the final leg of the rescue mission his brothers have been pursuing. What he does not expect is to be pressured into taking his emotional nemesis, childhood sweetheart, ex-handfasted bride, and current business partner, Isobel Carmichael, with him. But is it Isobel doing the pressuring, or his own restless unfulfilled psyche? Resolute, determined, and an all but unstoppable force of nature, Isobel has a mission of her own—find her cousin Katherine and bring her safely home. And if, along the way, she can rid herself of the lingering dreams of a life with Royd that still haunt her, well and good. Neither expects the shock that awaits them as they set sail aboard Royd’s ship, much less the new horizons that open before them as they call into London, then, armed with the necessary orders and all arrangements in place, embark on a full-scale rescue-assault on the mining compound buried in the jungle. Yet even with the support of his brothers and their ladies and, once rescued, all the ex-captives, Royd and Isobel discover that freeing the captives is only half the battle. In order to identify and convict the backers behind the illicit enterprise—and protect the government from catastrophic destabilization—they must return to the ballrooms of the haut ton, and with the help of a small army of supporters, hunt the villains on their home ground. But having found each other again, having glimpsed the heaven that could be theirs again, how much are they willing to risk in the name of duty? Learn the answer and revel in the action, drama, intrigue, and passion as the Frobishers—with help from Wolverstone, the Cynsters, and many familiar others—steer the adventure to a glorious end. A historical novel of 135,000 words interweaving romance, high adventure, and intrigue.

Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830

Author : Matthew McCarthy
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843838613
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830 written by Matthew McCarthy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the political turmoil of the Spanish American Wars of Independence allowed an upsurge in prize-taking activity by navies, privateers and pirates. Private maritime predation was integral to the Spanish American Wars of Independence. When colonists rebelled against Spanish rule in 1810 they deployed privateers - los corsarios insurgentes - to prosecute their revolutionary struggle at sea. Spain responded by commissioning privateers of its own, while the disintegration of Spanish authority in the New World created conditions in which unauthorised prize-taking - piracy - also flourished. This upsurge in privateering and piracy has been neglected by historians yet it posed a significant threat to British interests. As numerous vessels were captured and plundered, the British government - endeavouring to remain neutral in the Spanish American conflict - faced a dilemma. An insufficient response might hinder Britain's commercial expansion but an overly aggressive approach risked plunging the nation into another war. Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America assesses the varied and flexible ways the British government responded to prize-taking activity in order to safeguard and enhance its wider commercial and political objectives. This analysis marks a significant and original contribution to the study of privateering and piracy, and informs key debates about the development of international law and the character of British imperialism in the nineteenth century. Matthew McCarthy is Research Officer at the Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Hull in 2011 and won the British Commission for Maritime History/Boydell & Brewer prize for best doctoral thesis in maritime history.

Privateers & Pirates 1730–1830

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841760162
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Privateers & Pirates 1730–1830 written by Angus Konstam and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the pirate scourge of the early 18th century, many sea captains took to privateering as a means of making money. A form of nationally sponsored piracy, it reached its peak during the American Revolution (1763-1776), when the fledgling American navy had to rely on privateers to disrupt British shipping between England and the rebellious colonies. Following peace in 1815, many former privateers turned to piracy, spawning the last great piratical wave, which would last for a decade. The world of these privateers and latter-day pirates comes vividly to life in this detailed exploration of their ships, crews, ports and battle tactics.

American Privateers of the Revolutionary War

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836332
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book American Privateers of the Revolutionary War written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American War of Independence (1775–83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. Eventually though, American shipyards began to turn out specially-converted ships, while later still, the first purpose-built privateers entered the fray. These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. Indeed, Jeremiah O'Brien's privateer Unity fought the first sea engagement of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Machias of 1775, managing to capture a British armed schooner with just 40 men, their guns, axes and pitchforks, and the words 'Surrender to America'. By the end of the war, some of the largest American privateers could venture as far as the British Isles, and were more powerful than most contemporary warships in the fledgling US Navy. A small number of Loyalist privateers also put to sea during the war, and preyed on the shipping of their rebel countrymen. Packed with fascinating insights into the age of privateers, this book traces the development of these remarkable ships, and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War.

History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque, During Our War with England in the Years 1812, '13, and '14

Author : George Coggeshall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque, During Our War with England in the Years 1812, '13, and '14 written by George Coggeshall and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: