{"product_id":"pirates-and-privateers-of-the-hunt-janin-9781036145194","title":"Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean","description":"\u003cb\u003eReframes privateering as a global maritime phenomenon driven by finance, politics, and diverse crews across wars and seas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean is the most recent and broadest study of international privateering in the 18th and 19th centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt first examines ships themselves, which were privately financed and privately owned vessels designed, outfitted, and manned to locate, chase, capture, sink, or burn enemy ships under the auspices of a national or a local government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to this, it also considers the officers and seamen aboard these ships, the investors who financed this legal trade, and the multi-racial makeup of some of their crews, as well as discussing the European and other women who played an indirect but nevertheless important role in privateering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering a worldwide sea-and-shore based coverage of the maritime, political, and economic reasons for privateering, it features privateers in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain; the vital role of France in this same war; privateers in the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain; privateers in the Carolinas and in the Caribbean; Latin American insurgent privateers; noted privateering figures; racial minorities and women associated with privateering; and naval gunnery in the age of sail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hunt Janin,Nicole Sheehan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036145190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036145194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Hunt Janin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659775914239,"sku":"9781036145194","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pirates-and-privateers-of-the-hunt-janin-9781036145194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}