British pirates and society, 1680-1730 /

Pirates contributed to the British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and remote communities. This knowledge advanced imperial expansion, which helps to explain why contemporary attitudes towards piracy were ambivalent. This book, an engaging study of vested interests and c...

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Main Author: Lincoln, Margarette, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]
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