Predators and Prizes

American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748

• Author(s): Carl E. Swanson,
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Pages: 299
• ISBN_10: 0872497208
  ISBN_13: 9780872497207
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / General , History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) , History / Maritime History & Piracy ,

Description:... Examines the role British colonial privateering played during the wars of the mid-18th century, and provides a reinterpretation of American entrepreneurial warfare at sea against the shipping of Spain and France during King George's War. Swanson places privateering in its historical context and shows how it had an important impact on Atlantic commerce. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR