Privateering

Resources

See Also

Confederate Navy; Continental Navy; Naval Militia; Sea Warfare.

E. S. Maclay, History of American Privateers (1924, repr. 1968); W. B. Johnson, Wolves of the Channel (1931); C. W. Kendall, Private Men-of-War (1932); J. P. Cranwell and W. B. Crane, Men of Marque (1940); D. Woodward, The Secret Raiders (1955); D. B. Chidsey, The American Privateers (1962); C. L. Alderman, The Privateersmen (1965).

Further Reading (Books)

Richard Pares, War and Trade in the West Indies, 1739-1763, 1936.

James G. Lydon, Pirates, Privateers, and Profits, 1970.

Gerome R. Garitee, The Republic's Private Navy: The American Privateering Business as Practiced by Baltimore During the War of 1812, 1977.

Kenneth R. Andrews, Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630, 1984.

David J. Starkey, British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century, 1990.

Carl E. Swanson, Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, 1991.

Carl E. Swanson

Further Reading (Articles)

Privateering, History of World Trade Since 1450; January 1, 2006

British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century., Business History; April 1, 1992; Palmer, Sarah

Privateering During the War of 1812, Canadian Encyclopedia; January 1, 2012; JAMES MARSH

Privateering and Letters of Marque, Journal of International Peace Operations; July 1, 2009; Sturgess, Gary

Piracy and privateering in the golden age Netherlands.(Brief Article)(Book Review), Reference & Research Book News; November 1, 2005

Privatization — or modern privateering, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); April 30, 1991; Alan Lupo, Globe Staff

Privateering; Reforming probation.(A new bill tests MPs' enthusiasm for contracting out the criminal-justice system)(Offender Management Bill), The Economist (US); March 3, 2007

Lost In The Myth, The Scotsman; January 27, 2009; Jim Gilchrist

St. Peter Ports, 1680-1830, The Journal of Transport History; September 1, 2000; Jamieson, Alan G.

Privatize war on terror, The Record (Bergen County, NJ); July 19, 2002; NIKOLAS K. GVOSDEV and ANTHONY A. CIPRIANO

Legalized Piracy in 1775, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); July 13, 2008; Kopper, Philip

Citizen Sailors Plundered British Ships; Privateers Helped End Revolutionary War, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); January 15, 2009; Herbert, Paul N.

PIRATES OF THE ATLANTIC FLOURISHED 100 YEARS AFTER TRADITIONAL END SET BY HISTORIANS, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 13, 2006

PIRATES OF THE ATLANTIC FLOURISHED PAST TRADITIONAL END OF AGE OF PIRACY, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 7, 2006

At the Water's Edge, Acoustic Guitar; April 1, 2014; Berkowitz, Kenny

The Lost Colony of Roanoke; England's Pirate Base in America, The Washington Post; April 9, 1997; Michael Farquhar

Foreign Affairs and the Constitution in the Age of Fighting Sail, The Journal of Southern History; May 1, 2008; Swanson, Carl E;

NEW PROVIDENCE.(past piracy and pirates on the Bahamas), Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; October 1, 2001; Lannom, Gloria W.

PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea, Naval War College Review; April 1, 2014; Spearin, Christopher

The Burning of Monterey: The 1818 Attack on California by the Privateer Bouchard, Naval War College Review; October 1, 2002; Maruyama, Xavier