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Privateers and Privateering

by Edward Phillips Statham

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2List of Modern Authorities
  3. 3Chapter I — Introductory · Chapter II — Two Early Incidents · Chapt…
  4. 4Two Early Incidents — Chapter II — Andrew Barton
  5. 5The “Amity” and the Spaniards
  6. 6Privateering in the South Seas
  7. 7Chapter IV — Woodes Rogers
  8. 8Chapter V — Woodes Rogers — Continued
  9. 9Chapter VI — George Shelvocke and John Clipperton
  10. 10Some Odd Yarns — Chapter VII — Captain Phillips of the “Alexander”
  11. 11The Case of the “Antigallican”
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Captain Death, of the “Terrible”
  13. 13Mr. Peter Baker and the “Mentor”
  14. 14Captain Edward Moor, of the “Fame”
  15. 15Captain James Borrowdale, of the “Ellen”
  16. 16Two Great Englishmen
  17. 17Chapter X — Fortunatus Wright — Continued
  18. 18Chapter XI — George Walker
  19. 19Chapter XII — George Walker — Continued
  20. 20Some Frenchmen
  21. 21Chapter XIV — Du Guay Trouin
  22. 22Chapter XV — Jacques Cassard
  23. 23Chapter XVI — Robert Surcouf
  24. 24Concerning the Frontispiece
  25. 25Some Americans
  26. 26Chapter XVIII — Captain Joshua Barney
  27. 27Chapter XIX — Captains Barney and Haraden
  28. 28Chapter XX — Captain Thomas Boyle
  29. 29Chapter XXI — The “General Armstrong”
  30. 30Some More Odd Yarns — Chapter XXII — The “Princess Royal” Packet
  31. 31Two Colonial Privateers
  32. 32Chapter XXIII — The Affair of the “Bonaparte”
  33. 33Chapter XXIV — The “Windsor Castle” Packet
  34. 34The “Catherine”
  35. 35The “Fortune”
  36. 36The “Three Sisters”
  37. 37Conclusion

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