Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands.

This exciting scholarly work examines Dutch maritime violence in the seventeenth-century. With its flourishing maritime trade and lucrative colonial possessions, the young Dutch Republic enjoyed a cultural and economic pre-eminence, becoming the leading commercial power in the world. Dutch seamen pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lunsford, Virginia W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Temas:
1600-1699
Privateering > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Pirates > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Pirates > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Pirates
Privateering
Netherlands > History, Naval.
Pays-Bas > Histoire navale.
Netherlands
History
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This exciting scholarly work examines Dutch maritime violence in the seventeenth-century. With its flourishing maritime trade and lucrative colonial possessions, the young Dutch Republic enjoyed a cultural and economic pre-eminence, becoming the leading commercial power in the world. Dutch seamen plied the world's waters, trading, exploring, and colonizing. Many also took up pillaging, terrorizing their victims on the high seas and on European waterways. Surprisingly, this story of Dutch freebooters and their depredations remains almost entirely untold until now. Piracy and Privateering in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (373 pages)
ISBN:9781403979384
1403979383

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