Pirate nation Elizabeth I and her royal sea rovers
A radical reassessment of Elizabethan maritime history, with provocative judgements on cherished national events. Highly readable and fast-moving narrative.
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Seaforth Publishing
2014
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Protestants in pursuit of profit -- Apprentice to a pirate -- Pirate ships of war at sea -- Arms and actions -- Piracy in the Pacific -- The American dream -- The Azores and the first battle of the Atlantic -- A preference for pirates: the failure of the Spanish Armada -- The land rats -- The duke's denial -- Disturbing the world -- Low water -- Appendices: Letters of reprisal and bonds for good behaviour, 1591-95 -- Commission issued by Queen Elizabeth to the Early of Cumberland, 28 March 1595 -- John Donne, 'The storm' and 'The calm', 1600 -- Inventory of Malice Scourge, 1600 -- Estimated costs of equipping a pirate vessel -- Authorisation to equip a vessel of war under the admiralty of Zealand, 1582 -- Tennyson, 'The little Revenge, A ballad of the fleet' -- Cargo unloaded at Seville, 1593 -- The appraisement of prizes -- Notes from state papers concerning piracy, 1578 -- Complaints of the Dutch concerning English piracy, 1589. | |
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