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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"privateers"”.
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El desafío insurgente: análisis del corso hispanoamericano desde una perspectiva peninsular, 1812-1828
… role played by the Hispanix-American insurgent privateers in the wars of independence os Spanish America. Their actions took to them beyond american territorial waters and presnts in the peninsular coasts became, with special incidence in the Gulf of Cadiz. This study also analyzes the reach of …
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Tides of War: Privateering, The British Economy, and The Winning of the American Revolution, 1772-1783
… the war. Few have mentioned the fact that privateers also helped smuggle munitions and supplies to the colonies via the West Indies, aid without which the Continental Army could not have achieved its victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. This thesis examines all three factors.</p> <p>It was …
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English privateering during the Spanish and French wars, 1625-1630
… or sometimes in packs of three or four, English privateers plundered in the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. While the fortunes of the King's fleet, waned those of the privateers waxed, as prize upon prize was seized and returned to England. The success of …
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Rhode Island's Wars: Imperial Conflicts and Provincial Self-Interests in the Ocean Colony, 1739–48
… to raise expeditionary forces, the use of privateers, and the indirect participation of non-combatants all depict a colonial society very interested in its own local political and economic interests. Although literally “provincial,” these interests exhibit the Atlantic and global networks …
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Joseph Bates' Logbook of the Brig Empress: An Analysis and Appraisal
… voyage. On several occasions he was stopped by privateers and the war effort hampered his ability to quickly sell his cargo. Bates sailed into a diplomatic storm that evolved between the United States and Brazil when several American ships were taken captive allegedly for assisting the …
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Political correspondence relating to Kingston-upon-Hull, 1678-1835
… after 1796. Threats from Jacobites and American privateers, with the possibility of a French invasion, caused local political squabbles, but the French danger may have helped prevent the spread of revolutionary societies and Radicalism was really born in Hull in 1818 with the Political …
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British personnel in the Dutch navy, 1642-1697
An international maritime labour market study, the thesis focuses on the Dutch naval labour market, analysing wartime Zeeland admiralty crews. The research is based primarily on unique naval pay sources. Analysis of crew compositions has not been made on this scale in the period before. The 1667 …