English maritime predation in the mid-sixteenth-century : a high return investment in an established business

This thesis analyzes mid-sixteenth century English maritime predation as a smoothly run predatory business system, not numerous depredations by individualist renegades motivated by tradition or gambling instincts. Sea-roving offered investment opportunities to shoreside individuals with large or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Randall Robert
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14381