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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since piracy was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as letters of marque, during wartime. The commission empowered the…

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Legal framework and relation to piracy

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Ships

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Privateer

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related to Further reading · 111
Privateer → Admiral, After, Alberto, Americas, Association, Athens, Atlantic Canada, Atle, Barbara, Barbary Coast, Battle, Bay, Beattie, Boydell, British Privateering Voyages, Bryant Jr, Captain Christopher Newport, Cham, Circumnavigator, Closure
related to Bibliography · 77
Privateer → Alabama Press, America, Americas, Archived, Asociación, Blockade Runners, Brainerd, Buccaneers, Caribbean, Centroamérica, Charles Jared, Chile, Co, Cochran, Confederacy, Confederate Naval, Congress, Conquista, Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Cyril
related to Bermudians · 50
Privateer → American War, Anglo-Spanish War, Austrian Succession, Bahamas, Before, Bermuda, Bermuda's Warwick Parish, Bermudian, Britain, British, By, Earl, Eleutheran Adventurers, England, English, English Civil War, Fifteen, France, French, Governor
related to Providence Island colony · 35
Privateer → Admiral Sir George Somers, Although, Bermuda, Bermuda Governor Bell, Bermuda-based, Bermudians, Camock, Captain Sussex Camock, Caribbean, Daniel Elfrith, Diego, During, Dutch, Earl, Elfrith, English, Indies, Isla, Islands, Mulato
related to England/Britain · 26
Privateer → After, Anglo-Spanish, Anglo-Spanish War, Bristol, Caribbean, Crown, During, Elizabeth's, England, English, Francis Drake, Iberian, In England, New World, Over, Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Sea Dogs, Spain, Spanish
related to history · 25
Privateer → Anglo-Dutch War, Atlantic, British, Dunkirkers, During, Dutch, English, Flemish, In, In Europe, Magnus Heinason, Mediterranean, Mexico, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Privateering, Privateers, Seamen, Second, Spain, Spanish
related to External links · 23
Privateer → Account, Andrew Sherburne's Experiences, Clarendon, General Sullivan, Gomer, Historical Case Studies, Historical Chronicle, History, Land's End, Letters, Liverpool, Liverpool Privateers, Magazine, Marque, Naval War CollegeThe Gentleman's, Packet, Privateer During, Revolutionary WarCommerce Raiding, The Rawlinson, Volume
related to Ships · 23
Privateer → American, American Revolutionary War, Atlantic, Bermuda, British, Caribbean, Chasseur, English, Entrepreneurs, Following, For, France, French, French Revolution, HMS St Lawrence, Privateers, Quasi-War, Royal Navy's, Spanish Armada, Still
related to Spain and its colonies · 23
Privateer → Amaro Pargo, Armada, As, Barlovento, Caribbean, Don, Enríquez, His, José Campuzano-Polanco, Miguel Enríquez, New World, One, Philip, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Spain, Spanish, Such, The
related to Noted privateers · 19
Privateer → Amaro Pargo, Does, Dutch Empire, England, France, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Jean Bart, Jonathan Barnet, Juana Larando, Lars Gathenhielm, Miguel Enríquez, Ottoman Empire, Pieter, Privateers, Robert Surcouf, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, Spanish Empire, Sweden

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privateers privateering war ships spanish american british captured piracy bermuda vessels merchant naval one trade island united century also sea

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Privateeris aprivate person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war0.90text
Thomas Tewinstance ofNew York Governors Jacob Leisler and Benjamin Fletcher were removed from office in part for their dealings with pirates0.80text
to whom Fletcher had granted commissions to sail against the Frenchinstance ofNew York Governors Jacob Leisler and Benjamin Fletcher were removed from office in part for their dealings with pirates0.80text
but who ignored his commission to raid Mughal shipping in the Red Sea instead.Some privateers faced prosecution for piracyinstance ofNew York Governors Jacob Leisler and Benjamin Fletcher were removed from office in part for their dealings with pirates0.80text
Bristol began to resort to self-helpinstance ofmerchant communities0.80text
arminginstance ofmerchant communities0.80text
equipping ships at their own expense to protect commerceinstance ofmerchant communities0.80text
Privateerrelated to BermudiansThe English0.60section
Privateerrelated to BermudiansBermuda0.60section
Privateerrelated to BermudiansSomers Isles0.60section
Privateerrelated to BermudiansEnglish0.60section
Privateerrelated to BermudiansVirginia Company0.60section

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