Suppressing piracy in the early eighteenth century : pirates, merchants and British imperial authority in the Atlantic and Indian oceans /

Shows how Britain and its empire was not a strong centralised imperial state and that it was only through manifold activities taking place in different colonial centres with varied colonial arrangements that the surge in piracy in this period was contained and reduced.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, David (Maritime historian) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
1700-1799
Piracy > Atlantic Ocean > History > 18th century.
Piracy > Indian Ocean > History > 18th century.
British colonies
Colonies > Administration
Piracy
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Administration.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration.
Indian Ocean
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Naval history
History
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