Elizabethan Privateering : English Privateering During the Spanish War, 1585-1603

Author(s): Andrews, Kenneth R

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Cambridge University Press
Publication Year:	1964
ISBN:	9780521201308
Book ID:	002638
Catalogue(s):	History - British ◇ War, Military History and Weapons

298pp, complete with fold out map (so often missing from second hand copies). Blue cloth-covered boards (just a little faded). Internally neat, fresh, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust jacket (a little rubbed at edges, a couple of very small marks). An account of the organisation of and legalisation of privateering in Elizabethan times, its connections with and impact on trade and war, and the various types of ventures involved.

Keywords:

elizabethan england ships privateering trade war private war expansion imperialism war with spain.