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Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812
Faye M. Kert
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Description for Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812
Hardback. .
During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally condemned by a prize court, the privateers could sell off ships and cargo and pocket the proceeds. Because only a handful of ship-to-ship engagements occurred between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, it was really the privateers who fought-and won-the war at sea. In Privateering, Faye M. Kert ... Read more
During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally condemned by a prize court, the privateers could sell off ships and cargo and pocket the proceeds. Because only a handful of ship-to-ship engagements occurred between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, it was really the privateers who fought-and won-the war at sea. In Privateering, Faye M. Kert ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417479
SKU
V9781421417479
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Ref
99-1
About Faye M. Kert
Faye M. Kert is an independent historian who earned her PhD from the University of Leiden. She is the author of Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick and Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812.
Reviews for Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812
Kert has accomplished a great deal in a short space. Her notes, tables, and charts are jewels in themselves...[her] book points the way forward, providing a wealth of information that will guide future scholars navigating privateer waters.
H-Net Reviews
...a fine study...
Journal of America's Military Past
A prodigious body of empirical research is distilled into ... Read more
H-Net Reviews
...a fine study...
Journal of America's Military Past
A prodigious body of empirical research is distilled into ... Read more