Piracy in the Early Modern Era: An Anthology of Sources

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"This volume represents a sea change in educational resources for the history of piracy. In a single, readable, and affordable volume, Lane and Bialuschewski present a wonderfully diverse body of primary texts on sea raiders. Drawn from a variety of sources, including the authors' own archival research and translations, these carefully curated text

Kris Lane is F.V. Scholes Professor of History at Tulane University. Arne Bialuschewski teaches at Trent University.

"An important addition to the literature on piracy. The wide-ranging selection of documents makes it possible to compare and contrast piracy across the globe, and over time. Readers will gain a real sense of the scope of early modern sea raiders from these sources (several of which are translated into English for the first time here) and surely enjoy a few good yarns. The ancillary materials (short introductions to the documents, reading questions, chronology, maps, images, and glossary) will also facilitate classroom use of this anthology." -- Sean T Perrone, Saint Anselm College "A really exciting volume. The wide range of archival material collected here from around the world will allow readers to explore the early modern world, and real-life experience of piracy, first hand. But the book also serves as an effective introduction to such broader topics as working with, and learning from, sources; how researchers use archives; how historians can make dramatically different arguments about the same document; and how historians construct a narrative based on available evidence." -- Mark G Hanna, University of California, San Diego