Captain Kidd and the War against the Pirates

About the author

Robert C. Ritchie is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

Summary

Ritchie demonstrates that even dashing scoundrels were slaves to economics in this lively history of piracy. He focuses on the shadowy figure of William Kidd, whose career in the late 17th century swept him from the Caribbean to New York, to London, to the Indian Ocean before he ended in Newgate prison and on the gallows.

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. Rirchie, Robert C. Ritchie, Ritchie Robert C.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1989
• EAN: 9780674095021
• ISBN: 978-0-674-09502-1
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: 10 halftones, 2 maps
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, Naval forces and warfare, 18th Century