David Wilson - Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century: Pirates, Merchants and British Imperial Authority in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century

Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century

Pirates, Merchants and British Imperial Authority in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

David Wilson

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David Wilson 2021

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First published 2021

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ISBN 978 1 78327 595 3 (hardback)

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Cover image: Detail from Tetre de la guerre en Amerique telle queelle est present possede par les Espagnols, Anglois, Franois, et Hollandois &c : nouvellement mis au jour by Pierre Mortier [1703?]. Map reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library.

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For my parents,
and for Jane

List of Illustrations

Maps

Map 1:Greater Caribbean xx

Map 2:Leeward and Virgin Islands xxi

Map 3:The Bahamas xxii

Map 4:Eastern Coast of North America xxiii

Map 5:West Central Africa xxiv

Map 6:Indian Ocean xxv

Map 7:Konkan Coast xxvi

Tables

Table 1:Estimated Number of Enslaved Persons Embarked on British Vessels, 16711730 151

Table 2:Number of Slaving Vessels Reported Plundered or Taken in West Central Africa, 171822 154

Table 3:Nationality of Slaving Vessels Reported Plundered or Taken in West Central Africa, 171822 154

Table 4:Number of Slaving Vessels Reported Plundered or Taken in West Central African Regions, 171822 154

Table 5:Owners of Vessels Reported Plundered or Taken in West Central Africa, 171822 155

Table 6:Estimated Number of Enslaved Persons Embarked on British Vessels per African Region, 171425 158

Table 7:Estimated Number of Enslaved Persons Embarked on British Vessels in Southeast Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, 171426 181

Table 8:Vessel Types 240

Table 9:British Royal Navy Rating System in the Early Eighteenth Century 241

Table 10:Average Yearly Totals of Men and Ships Employed in Naval Service, 171426 242

Table 11:Average Number of Naval Ships Assigned Per Theatre, 171426 243