Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the CaribbeanHunt Janin Nicole SheehanLabel: Pen & Sword Books LtdDescription: Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean is the most recent and broadest study of international privateering in the 18th and 19th centuries.It first examines ships themselves which were privately financed and privately owned vessels designed outfitted and manned to locate chase capture sink or burn enemy ships under the auspices of a national or a local government.In addition to this it also considers the officers and seamen aboard these ships the investors who financed this legal trade and the multi-racial makeup of some of their crews as well as discussing the European and other women who played an indirect but nevertheless important role in privateering.Offering a worldwide sea-and-shore based coverage of the maritime political and economic reasons for privateering it features privateers in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain; the vital role of France in this same war; privateers in the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain; privateers in the Carolinas and in the Caribbean; Latin American insurgent privateers; noted privateering figures; racial minorities and women associated with privateering; and naval gunnery in the age of sail.
