A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856
(2014)
Book Chapter
Starkey, D. J., & McCarthy, M. (2014). A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856. In S. Eklöf Amirell, & L. Müller (Eds.), Persistent Piracy (131-151). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352866_7
The British Atlantic world was ‘created by kaleidoscopic movements of people, goods and ideas’ that spiralled out of England, Scotland and Ireland (hereafter, Britain) from the sixteenth century onwards.1 A desire to gain at the expense of foreigners... Read More about A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856.