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Buccaneers and Privateers

- The Story of the English Sea Rover, 1675–1725
Af: Richard Frohock Engelsk Paperback

Buccaneers and Privateers

- The Story of the English Sea Rover, 1675–1725
Af: Richard Frohock Engelsk Paperback
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In the late seventeenth century, Spain dominated the Caribbean and Central and South America, establishing colonies, mining gold and silver, and gathering riches from Asia for transportation back to Europe. Seeking to disrupt Spain’s nearly unchecked empire-building and siphon off some of their wealth, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British adventurers—both legitimate and illegitimate—led numerous expeditions into the Caribbean and the Pacific. Many voyagers wrote accounts of their exploits, captivating readers with their tales of exotic places, shocking hardships and cruelties, and daring engagements with national enemies. Widely distributed and read, buccaneering and privateering narratives contributed significantly to England’s imaginative, literary rendering of the Americas in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and they provided a venue for public dialogue about sea rovers and their position within empire. This book takes as its subject the literary and rhetorical construction of voyagers and their histories, and by extension, the representation of English imperialism in popular sea-voyage narratives of the period.
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In the late seventeenth century, Spain dominated the Caribbean and Central and South America, establishing colonies, mining gold and silver, and gathering riches from Asia for transportation back to Europe. Seeking to disrupt Spain’s nearly unchecked empire-building and siphon off some of their wealth, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British adventurers—both legitimate and illegitimate—led numerous expeditions into the Caribbean and the Pacific. Many voyagers wrote accounts of their exploits, captivating readers with their tales of exotic places, shocking hardships and cruelties, and daring engagements with national enemies. Widely distributed and read, buccaneering and privateering narratives contributed significantly to England’s imaginative, literary rendering of the Americas in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and they provided a venue for public dialogue about sea rovers and their position within empire. This book takes as its subject the literary and rhetorical construction of voyagers and their histories, and by extension, the representation of English imperialism in popular sea-voyage narratives of the period.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 202
ISBN-13: 9781611495218
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1611495210
Kategori: Maritim historie
Udg. Dato: 21 maj 2014
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 155mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 21 maj 2014
Forfatter(e): Richard Frohock
Forfatter(e) Richard Frohock

Kategori Maritim historie

ISBN-13 9781611495218

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 202

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 155mm

Udg. Dato 21 maj 2014

Oplagsdato 21 maj 2014

Forlag Rowman & Littlefield