Edgar Stanton Maclay

A history of American privateers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 590
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9789353709983
• ISBN-10: 9353709989
• Artikelnr.: 56958810

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The War of the Revolution: 1. Privateers and privateersmen
2. Dangers peculiar to privateering
3. Colonial privateers
4. Beginning hostilities
5. First two years
6. Navy officers in privateers
7. Captain Silas Talbot
8. Rapid growth of privateering
9. A boy privateersman
10. The work of 1779
11. Jonathan Haraden
12. An escape from Old Mill Prison
13. Cruise of Dr. Solomon Drowne
14. Career of the General Washington
15. Captain John Manly
16. Closing years of the war
Part II. The War of 1812: 1. First ventures
2. British licenses and revenue cutters
3. Captains Maffitt and Shaler
4. Privateers of Rhode Island
5. Captain Thomas Boyle
6. A distinguished privateersman
7. Decatur-Dominica fight
8. Southern privateers
9. Career of the America
10. A typical privateersman
11. An escape from Gibraltar
12. In British prisons
13. The Prince de Neuchâtel
14. Cruises of the Grand Turk
15. Escape of the Ida
16. Privateers of Salem
17. Some typical cruises
18. Privateers against privateers
19. New York privateers
20. Privateers versus packet ships
21. Battles with the king's ships
22. Privateers of Baltimore
23. Guy R. Champlin
24. Battle of Fayal
24. Conclusion
Index.