The Corsairs of St. Malo
Author : Etienne Dupont
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Pirates
ISBN :
Author : Etienne Dupont
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Pirates
ISBN :
Author : Henning Hillmann
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0231542666
Western Europe rose in global power during the early modern period as overseas expansion opened new trade routes. At the same time, intense rivalries pitted European states against one another in recurrent wars. Henning Hillmann examines the merchant community of Saint-Malo, Brittany, a key port in the French Atlantic economy, to shed light on the local networks that linked commerce and conflict in early modern Europe. Hillmann traces the development of Saint-Malo and the social structure of its merchant elite from the 1680s through the onset of the French Revolution. He pinpoints the role of privateering, showing how it enabled local merchant communities to secure their hold on established trades, seize new opportunities, and withstand the threats of armed conflict. In wartime, rulers commissioned ship-owning traders to fit out vessels as corsairs to raid enemy shipping. Within a mercantilist worldview, this state-sanctioned private war at sea aligned the interests of local elites and the royal government. Locally, within Saint-Malo, the partnerships that merchant elites formed in their privateering ventures gave rise to a cohesive network that held their community together amid outside conflicts. Combining rich descriptions of privateering campaigns with quantitative network analysis of partnership ties over more than a century, The Corsairs of Saint-Malo offers a new understanding of the local organizational foundations of early modern capitalist development.
Author : Etienne Dupont
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 1930*
Category : Pirates
ISBN :
Author : Charles Boswell Norman
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1887
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : J. S. Bromley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0826446582
Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design "that might be both honourable and advantageous", with ships lent and soldiers (but not seamen) paid by the King, who in return would take the Crown's usual one-fifth interest in such "preis de vaisseaux", the remaining costs falling on private subscribers, in this case no less than 666 of them, headed by courtiers, financiers, naval contractors and officers of both pen and sword.' According to Pointis, peace rumours restricted the flow of advances and the expedition, nearly 4,000 strong when it sailed out of Brest, was weaker than he had planned, especially if it should prove difficult to use the ships' crews ashore.
Author : J. S. Bromley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0826446582
Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design "that might be both honourable and advantageous", with ships lent and soldiers (but not seamen) paid by the King, who in return would take the Crown's usual one-fifth interest in such "preis de vaisseaux", the remaining costs falling on private subscribers, in this case no less than 666 of them, headed by courtiers, financiers, naval contractors and officers of both pen and sword.' According to Pointis, peace rumours restricted the flow of advances and the expedition, nearly 4,000 strong when it sailed out of Brest, was weaker than he had planned, especially if it should prove difficult to use the ships' crews ashore.
Author : Stephen Leacock
Publisher : Glasgow, Brook
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 1914
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : C. B. Norman
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 1929
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Peter Cumberlidge
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 22,44 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1912621495
The long-awaited update of this best-selling pilot guide covering the whole spectacular North Brittany coast, the Channel Islands and the fascinating harbours on the west side of the Cherbourg peninsula. Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore: an authoritative guide designed to help you make the most of your visit to this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages. Share Peter & Jane's joy of cruising in this fabulous area which has enabled them to create a text which will inspire and inform you and help you love the area as much as they do. Reading Peter's wonderful prose in advance of your cruise you will almost feel you are there already. When you do make landfall, you will be reassured by the pilotage descriptions which will give you the confidence to tackle even the most challenging approaches. And once you have berthed you will know where to head for that celebratory meal of incomparable French cuisine. And that's only the start of your cruise! This third edition is fully updated for publication and further updates are provided every Spring on the Fernhurst Books' website.
Author : Charles Boswell Norman
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,51 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781017799118
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