Pillaging the Empire
Pillaging the Empire Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period,…
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Pillaging the Empire
Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives of both pirates and their victims. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas.
With a new chapter on piracy in East and Southeast Asia, Lane considers piracy as a global Brushing aside the romantic legends of piracy, Kris Lane pays careful attention to the varied circumstances and motives that led to the rise of this bloodthirsty pursuit of riches, and places the history of piracy in the context of early modern empire building.This second edition of Pillaging the Empire has been revised and expanded to incorporate the latest scholarship on piracy, maritime law, and early modern state formation.