Pirates and Privateers

E.S. van Eyck van Heslinga is Director of Collections, Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam. J.A. de Moor is Associate Professor in History, University of Leiden. David J Starkey graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Economic History. He then gained an MA in the History of the Atlantic Economy at the University of Exeter, which led to doctoral research into the character, scale and significance of British privateering in the eighteenth century. Having gained his PhD, Dr Starkey was appointed Research Fellow in the Maritime History of Devon project at the University of Exeter, an appointment that was followed by two further research fellowships in maritime history at Exeter. In 1994, Dr Starkey joined the History Department at Hull when he became the holder of the first permanent lectureship to be dedicated to maritime historical studies in the UK university sector - the Wilson Family Lectureship in Maritime History. Dr Starkey is Director of the Maritime Historical Studies Centre at the University of Hull.

... the inclusion of essays concerning numerous countries allows the opportunity to compare the economic impact of piracy and privateering in a variety of areas. International Journal of Maritime History ... Adds greatly to the corpus of solid research. The International History Review ... As a quantity of new evidence, intriguingly presented, it is certainly a valuable piece of work. The Great Circle, vol. 19, No. 2 The book is a new and wide-ranging study showing how privateering and piracy played a central role in 18th and 19th century maritime and economic history. All the essays are exceptionally well supported with documentary references. Maps, illustrations, tabulated data and a sound index complete a most satisfying and scholarly study. Lloyd's List

• Maps and TablesFiguresNotes on ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction - DAVID J. STARKEY1. Government Measures against Piracy and Privateering in the Atlantic Area, 1750-1850 - ROBERT C. RITCHIE2. Hydrarchy and Libertalia: The Utopian Dimensions of Atlantic Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century - MARCUS REDIKER3. Living and Working Conditions in Chinese Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 - DIAN MURRAY4. Living and Working Conditions in Philippine Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 - GHISLAINE LOYRÉ5. Piracy in the Eastern Seas, 1750-1850: Some Economic Implications - J. L. ANDERSON6. Mediterranean Privateering between the Treaties of Utrecht and Paris, 1715-1856: First Reflections - GONÇAL LÓPEZ NADAL7. A Restless Spirit: British Privateering Enterprise, 1739-1815 - DAVID J. STARKEY8. Cruising in Colonial Waters: The Organization of North American Privateering in the War of 1812 - FAYE KERT9. Experience, Skill and Luck: French Privateering Expeditions, 1792-1815 - PATRICK CROWHURST10. The Organization of a Privateering Expedition by the Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie, 1747-1748 - CORRIE REINDERS FOLMER11. The Risky Alternative: Dutch Privateering during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1783 - JAN VAN ZIJVERDEN12. Profit and Neutrality: The Case of Ostend, 1781-1783 - JAN PARMENTIER13. Privateers, Piracy and Prosperity: Danish Shipping in War and Peace, 1750-1807 - OLE FELDBACK14. The Voyage of the Bornholm: Danish Convoy Service in the Caribbean, 1780-1781 - ERIK GOEBELIndex