Buccaneers and Privateers
The Story of the English Sea Rover, 1675–1725
Seiten
2012
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
978-1-61149-387-0 (ISBN)
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
978-1-61149-387-0 (ISBN)
This book takes a fresh look at English buccaneering and privateering literature from the Golden Age of Piracy and includes discussion of well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan as well as more obscure figures like Captain George Cusack.
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.
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.
Richard Frohock is professor of English at Oklahoma State University.
Acknowledgments and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Word and the Grand Pirate, George Cusack
Chapter 2: “The Usual Atrocities:” Narrating Henry Morgan’s Raid on Panama City
Chapter 3: Exquemelin in England: The Literary Transformation of Henry Morgan
Chapter 4: Captain Bartholomew Sharp and the “Sacred Hunger for Gold”
Chapter 5: Reconsidering William Dampier’s Vision
Chapter 6: Consummate Privateers: Edward Cooke and Woodes Rogers
Chapter 7: The Return of the Buccaneer in the Voyage Narratives of Shelvocke and Betagh
Bibliography
Author Biography
| Verlagsort | Delaware |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 463 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61149-387-0 / 1611493870 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61149-387-0 / 9781611493870 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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