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 in the American colonies- setting a pattern of official disobedience to the Crown that would ultimately contribute to the American push for independence. Relying on rare primary sources discovered in government archives in England, the Carolinas, Rhode Island, Jamaica, and elsewhere, Burgess combines true tales of derring-do with groundbreaking research in this fascinating history.

"From Roman times, pirates were known as hostis humani generi, "enemies of the human race." This special definition distinguished pirates from all other criminals and meant they could be hunted down across the earth without consideration for borders or extradition treaties. This at least was the international rhetoric, but reality in colonial America was a different story." "When Rhode Island gentleman - and infamous pirate - Thomas Tew began his notorious career in the early 1690s, it was with the official sanction of Bermuda Governor Isaac Richier. When he returned to Newport in 1693 loaded down with "a prince's ransom worth of stolen gold, silver, and sundry goods," he was given a hero's welcome and met at the dock by Rhode Island Governor Samuel Cranston, who presented him at Newport society dinners and made him the toast of the town. Later, for a fee of 500 pounds sterling, Cranston gave Tew another license to "harass the French." In 1694, looking for backers for yet another pirating voyage, Tew traveled to New York, where he was met by Governor Benjamin Fletcher and was "highly caressed by His Excellency, in a coach and six horses, and presented with a gold watch to engage him to make New York his port at his return."" "Nor was Thomas Tew the only pirate to enjoy the support of governors, leading citizens, and merchants. Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Henry Every - almost every infamous scoundrel of the "Golden Age of Piracy" (roughly 1660 to 1725) - did their plundering under the sponsorship and protection of England's colonial governors in the Americas. And virtually every governor was on the take. Pirates entertained merchants and their families aboard ships in New York Harbor and auctioned booty from the docks of Virginia's port towns." "Combining true tales of derring-do with revelations he unearthed from forgotten government archives in England, the Carolinas, Rhode Island, Jamaica, and elsewhere, Douglas Burgess demonstrates how this flaunting of England's prerogatives helped shape the American character and American notions of independence."--BOOK JACKET.

Fall captive to the code—the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped every aspect of a pirate’s life. Pirates have long captured our imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye patches, and buried treasure. But what was life really like on a pirate ship? Piracy was a risky, sometimes deadly occupation, and strict orders were essential for everyone’s survival. These “Laws” were sets of rules that determined everything from how much each pirate earned from their plunder to compensation for injuries, punishments, and even the entertainment allowed on ships. These rules became known as the “Pirates’ Code,” which all pirates had to publicly swear by. Using primary sources like eyewitness accounts, trial proceedings, and maritime logs, this book explains how each one of the pirate codes was the key to pirates’ success in battle, on sea, and on land.

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The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520–1810 exposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a short narrative and selection of documentary evidence. In this three-hundred-year period, Chinese piracy was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. The book includes a carefully selected and wide range of Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Japanese sources—some translated for the first time—to illustrate the complexity and variety of piratical activities in Asian waters. These documents include archival criminal cases and depositions of pirates and victims, government reports and proclamations, memoirs of coastal residents and pirate captives, and written and oral folklore handed down for generations. The book also illuminates the important role that pirates played in the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations of early modern China and the world. An historical perspective provides an important vantage point to understand piracy as a recurring cyclical phenomenon inseparably connected with the past.

Thirteen of the most intriguing buccaneers in the history of piracy, all connected somehow to the Carolinas. New edition has an all-new chapter on Blackbeard, as well as updated information on some of the other pirates, and new sections such as: The Truth About Piracy, How To Talk Like a Pirate, a list of pirate movies, a pirate quiz, and more.

The Pirate Encyclopedia, as the essential companion for scholars, students, and a general audience intrigued by tales and facts, offers the most complete body of data available on the legitimacy of more than 7.000 adventurers as subjects of investigation.