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The Pirate Who Stole Scotland

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Author : Leon Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2023-01-24

The Pirate Who Stole Scotland written by Leon Hopkins and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Economic warfare is not a new phenomenon. In the protectionist climate of the seventeenth century, trade embargoes, exclusions and boycotts were common. England was among the most active nations when it came to using economic clout to get its own way. It did so to force Scotland to accept an Act of Union: to submerge its independence within a United Kingdom governed from London. Instrumental in this attack upon the Scots was William Dampier, the principal subject of this book. He was an extraordinary man. A farmer’s son, he became the most traveled man of his generation. He was a pirate, a brute and a devious sociopath. But he was also a scientist and a talented writer who gave his readers accurate descriptions of previously unknown places, peoples, plants and animals. He was a daring explorer and an expert navigator who mapped coastlines and logged wind patterns and ocean currents. He led the first Royal Navy expedition to Australia, over 70 years before Captain Cook’s arrival. Dampier’s writing made him famous, but not rich. It allowed him to rub shoulders with the leading men of his day; scientists such as Robert Hooke, Edmund Halley and Hans Sloane, businessmen such as Sir John Houblon (first governor of the Bank of England) and William Paterson, politicians such as James Vernon and Charles Montagu (first Earl of Halifax), and Admiralty men such as Admiral Sir George Rooke and Samuel Pepys. And Dampier was in the pay of the English Government; an agent known to Queen Anne, in which capacity he engineered a financial disaster and political drubbing for Scotland.

Seawolves

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Author : Eric J. Graham
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2012-11-01

Seawolves written by Eric J. Graham and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with History categories.

'A gripping insight into many Scots who ventured forth in a trade harsher than fiction but no less colourful' - Scots Magazine Seawolves is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains, real or literary. Concentrating mainly on the legendary golden age of pirates - 1690 to 1710 - when pirate vessels not only menaced the waters of the East and West Indies, but even threatened the northern islands of Scotland. During this time, many Scots left hard lives in places like Aberdeen, Stornoway and Orkney to find fame, fortune and adventure on the dangerous high seas of more exotic locations like Madagascar, Brazil or the Caribbean. Some, like Captain James Macrae from Ayr, became well-respected pirate hunters, champions of the law upon the ocean, bravely facing violent battles and unsavoury characters. Others, such as John Gow from Orkney, were these unsavoury characters, their dastardly deeds capturing the imagination of the Scottish public. This morbid fascination is reflected in the work of Scottish writers like Daniel Defoe and Robert Louis Stevenson, with novels such as Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, among others, cementing the glamour and notoriety of the pirate in the public mind. Gripping, entertaining and informative, Seawolves shows a different, darker side to the famously enterprising Scot. Graham explores all these elements of Scotland's participation in piracy and provides a fascinating and enlightening account of the lifestyle of those who followed the skull and crossbones, often to their death on the gallows.

The Pirate

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Author : Walter Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

The Pirate written by Walter Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with LITERARY CRITICISM categories.

A work of fiction by the great novelist Sir Walter Scott.

The Pirate

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Author : Walter Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860

The Pirate written by Walter Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with categories.

The Pirate

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Author : Sir Walter Scott
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-04-23

The Pirate written by Sir Walter Scott and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-23 with categories.

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The Pirate

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Author : Sir Walter Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822

The Pirate written by Sir Walter Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with Orkney (Scotland) categories.

The Pirate

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Author : Sir Walter Scott
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21

The Pirate written by Sir Walter Scott and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with History categories.

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