Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period
By J. Franklin Jameson
2 Feb, 2019
A privateer is an armed vessel (or its commander) which, in time of war, though owners and officers and crew are private persons, has a commission from a belligerent government to commit acts of warfare on vessels of its enemy"--Pref.
A privateer is an armed vessel (or its commander) which, in time of war, though owners and officers and crew are private persons, has a commission from a belligerent government to commit acts of warfare on vessels of its enemy"--Pref. Less
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