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Corsairs and navies, 1660-1760 /

Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design &quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bromley, J. S. (John Selwyn)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: London ; Ronceverte, WV, U.S.A. : Hambledon Press, 1987.
Colección:History series (Hambledon Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Preface; John Bromley, Historian; Publications of J.S. Bromley; 1 Outlaws at Sea, 1660-1720: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity among Caribbean Freebooters; 2 Colonies at War; 3 A Letter-Book of Robert Cole, British Consul-General at Algiers, 1694-1712; 4 The North Sea in Wartime, 1688-1713; 5 The Importance of Dunkirk Reconsidered, 1688-1713; 6 Jacques-Winoc Plets, armateur en course (c. 1650-1716); 7 Quelques réflections sur le fonctionnement des classes maritimes en France, 1689-1713; 8 The Jacobite Privateers in the Nine Years War.