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Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750
Kris Lane
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Description for Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 418.
Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives of both pirates and their victims. Brushing aside the romantic legends of piracy, Kris Lane pays careful attention to the varied circumstances and motives that led to the rise of this bloodthirsty pursuit of riches, and places the history of piracy in the context of early modern empire building. ... Read more
Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives of both pirates and their victims. Brushing aside the romantic legends of piracy, Kris Lane pays careful attention to the varied circumstances and motives that led to the rise of this bloodthirsty pursuit of riches, and places the history of piracy in the context of early modern empire building. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780765638427
SKU
V9780765638427
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About Kris Lane
Kris Lane holds the France V. Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American Historyat Tulane University. He is the author of Colour of Paradise: The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires and Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition. He is currently writing a book on the colonial history of Potosi, Bolivia.
Reviews for Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750
Praise for the first edition: Lane has told this story with great verve, bringing alive the fabulous characters who were the buccaneers while also filling out the less well-known story of Spanish efforts at defense. -Hispanic American Historical Review, Robert C. Ritchie, Huntington Library ... Read more