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Privateers of the Americas : Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic / David Head.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Athens, Georgia : University Of Georgia Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820348650
  • 9780820344003
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E182 .P758 2015
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Contents:
1. Diplomacy with Spain and Spanish America -- 2. New Orleans and Barataria -- 3. Baltimore -- 4. Galveston and Amelia Island -- 5. Service and toil in Spanish America -- Conclusion: Captain Chaytor comes home.
Subject: "Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. These activities were sanctioned by, and conducted on behalf of, republics in Spanish America aspiring to independence from Spain. Among the available histories of privateering, there is no comparable work. Because privateering further complicated international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of Revolution, the book also offers a new perspective on the diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic."--Cover.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction E182 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn921839779

Introduction: Captain Chaytor's dilemma -- 1. Diplomacy with Spain and Spanish America -- 2. New Orleans and Barataria -- 3. Baltimore -- 4. Galveston and Amelia Island -- 5. Service and toil in Spanish America -- Conclusion: Captain Chaytor comes home.

"Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. These activities were sanctioned by, and conducted on behalf of, republics in Spanish America aspiring to independence from Spain. Among the available histories of privateering, there is no comparable work. Because privateering further complicated international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of Revolution, the book also offers a new perspective on the diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic."--Cover.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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