British privateering enterprise in the eighteenth century
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British privateering enterprise in the eighteenth century
（Exeter maritime studies, no. 4）
University of Exeter Press, 1990
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Bibliography: p. [324]-331
Includes index
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内容説明
An important part of eighteenth-century maritime conflict involved the destruction of enemy commerce and the protection of home trade. In performing these tasks, state navies were augmented by privateers, vessels owned, equipped and manned by private individuals authorised by their governments to attack and seize the enemy's seabourne property. For their reward, the investors and seafarers engaged in privateering ventures shared in the proceeds of any ships and goods taken and condemned as lawful prize. Privateering therefore represented a business opportunity to the maritime community, a chance to acquire instant wealth at the enemy's expense; at the same time, it appeared as a cheap convenient means by which the state might supplement its naval strength. In this important analysis David J. Starkey draws upon a wealth of documentary evidence to throw fresh light upon the character, scale and significance of the British privateering business.
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Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Character
1. Origins and Regulation
2. Private Men-of-War and 'Letters of Marque'
3. Risks and Rewards
Part 2: Scale
4. 1702-1712: 'Their Privateers will be Lords and Ours will be Beggars'
5. 1718-1720: 'To Cruise on the Spaniards under His Majesty's Commission'
6. 1739-1748: 'Good Pickings for Privateers of Force'
7. 1756-1762: 'Small Ship, Vessels, or Boats, being, or Pretending to be, English Privateers'
8. 1777-1783: 'Additional Forces'
Part 3: Signficance
9. Constraints and Determinants
10. 'Private Interests Inseparable from... the Public Interests of the British Nation'?
11. 'The Finest Opportunity'?
Appendices
1. Primary Source Materials: Problems and Methods
2. Monthly Activity Rates of Private Men-of-War, 1702-1783
3. Outfitting Costs
4. Share Values
5. Five Prize Accounts
6. Crew Composition, Royal Family Private Ships-of-War, 1747
7. Commissioned Vessels by Region, 1793-1801
8. Commissioned Vessels by Region, 1803-1815
Bibliography
Index
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