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American Privateers of the Revolutionary War
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Description
These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. Indeed, Jeremiah O'Brien's privateer Unity fought the first sea engagement of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Machias of 1775, managing to capture a British armed schooner with just 40 men, their guns, axes and pitchforks, and the words 'Surrender to America'. By the end of the war, some of the largest American privateers could venture as far as the British Isles, and were more powerful than most contemporary warships in the fledgling US Navy. A small number of Loyalist privateers also put to sea during the war, and preyed on the shipping of their rebel countrymen.
Packed with fascinating insights into the age of privateers, this book traces the development of these remarkable ships, and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War.
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Product details
- Paperback | 48 pages
- 184 x 248 x 7.62mm | 174g
- 20 Feb 2020
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Osprey Publishing
- New York, United Kingdom
- English
- Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustrations
- 1472836340
- 9781472836342
- 1,020,404
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Table of contents
Background
Design & Development
The Business of Privateering
Life on Board
Privateers in Action
Further Reading
Index
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About Angus Konstam
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