Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean/Пираты и каперы Атлантики и Карибского моря

Издание на английском языке
This publication is dedicated to the history of American privateering and its role in naval warfare in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book examines the origins of private naval warfare, letters of marque, prize law, expedition financing, and privateer vessels and armaments. Special attention is given to the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the activities of privateers in New England, Charleston, and the Caribbean, and famous participants in privateering operations.

Content
Preface
Introduction: Setting the Stage
Chapter 1. The Historical Background of Privateering
Chapter 2. Privateering and British North America
Chapter 3. The Impacts of American Privateering
Chapter 4. Letters of Marque and Reprisal
Chapter 5. Prize Law in Action
Chapter 6. Financing American Privateering
Chapter 7. Privateers in the Revolutionary War
Chapter 8. Famous Privateers of New England
Chapter 9. The Role of France in the Revolutionary War Era
Chapter 10. Privateers in the War of 1812
Chapter 11. The 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law
Chapter 12. Privateers in the Civil War
Chapter 13. Privateers in Charleston, South Carolina
Chapter 14. Privateers in the Caribbean
Chapter 15. Privateer Ships and Weapons
Chapter 16. Noted Privateering Figures
Chapter 17. Fine Examples of the Prize Game
Chapter 18. Racial Minorities and Women Associated with Privateering
Chapter 19. Conclusions - Private Trade with the East Indies and other Matters
Appendix 1: Journal of the Newport Privateer Sloop Revenge
Appendix 2: Naval Gunnery in the Age of Sail
Appendix 3: British, Spanish, and French Privateers in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
Appendix 4: The Quasi-War with France, 1798-1800
Appendix 5: Privateering Songs
Appendix 6: Excerpts from the Preface by Naval Historian Edgar Stanton Maclay in his History of American Privateers (1899)
Appendix 7: An Historical View from the Coast of the English Channel 189 Appendix 8: Making and Taking in Sail - How to Furl a Royal
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index