Buccaneers and privateers : the story of the English sea rover, 1675-1725 / Richard Frohock.

Author/creator Frohock, Richard, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University Of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Pirates in literature.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
English literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
Pirates--History. --17th century.
Pirates--History. --18th century.
Piracy--History. --17th century.
Piracy--History. --18th century.

Contents The word and the grand pirate, George Cusack -- "The usual atrocities": narrating Henry Morgan's raid on Panama City -- Exquemelin in England: the literary transformation of Henry Morgan -- Captain Bartholomew Sharp and the "sacred hunger for gold" -- Reconsidering William Dampier's vision -- Consummate privateers: Edward Cooke and Woodes Rogers -- the return of the buccaneer in the voyage narratives of Shelvocke and Betagh.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012012847
ISBN9781611493870 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1611493870 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611493887 (electronic)
ISBN1611493889 (electronic)