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Pirates' Pact
The Secret Alliances Between History''s Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America
E-bok, 2008
443 kr
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The Secret Alliances Between History''s Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America Was classical piracy an earlier version of state-sponsored terrorism? Here''s the story of how almost every well-known buccaneer of the “Golden Age of Piracy” enjoyed active sponsorship from England''s governors …
Engines of Empire
Steamships and the Victorian Imagination
Inbunden, 2016
528 kr
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In 1859, the S.S. Great Eastern departed from England on her maiden voyage. She was a remarkable wonder of the nineteenth century: an iron city longer than Trafalgar Square, taller than Big Ben's tower, heavier than Westminster Cathedral. Her paddles were the size of Ferris wheels; her decks could …
Engines of Empire
Steamships and the Victorian Imagination
E-bok, 2016
607 kr
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In 1859, the S.S. Great Eastern departed from England on her maiden voyage. She was a remarkable wonder of the nineteenth century: an iron city longer than Trafalgar Square, taller than Big Ben's tower, heavier than Westminster Cathedral. Her paddles were the size of Ferris wheels; her decks could …
Politics of Piracy
Inbunden, 2015
314 kr
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The seventeenth-century war on piracy is remembered as a triumph for the English state and her Atlantic colonies. Yet it was piracy and illicit trade that drove a wedge between them, imperiling the American enterprise and bringing the colonies to the verge of rebellion. In The Politics of Piracy, …
