The Women Pirates:Fact or Fiction? 189 Epilogue 225 Bibliography 231 Index 250 v MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Maps 1 England, Wales and Ireland 2 The Caribbean and Central America 3 The Mediterranean Sea and West Africa 4 South America and the Pacific 5 North America 6 Africa and the Indian Ocean x xi xii xiii xiv xv Illustrations 1 Pirates dressed in women’s clothing attempt to decoy a merchant ship 46 2 Captain Henry Morgan carouses with wine and women, in true pirate fashion 172 3 A portrait of Captain Henry Morgan at the sack of Panama in 1671 174 4 The articles aboard the pirate ship, the Revenge, under Captain John Phillips 179 5 Female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read 209 6 Anne Bonny, female pirate 210 7 Mary Read, female pirate 211 vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Although the idea for this book is rather recent, I have been working on the subject for a long time. Petitioners and Victims: Women’s Experiences from the 1620s to the 1720s 129 5. Wives, Partners and Prostitutes: Women and Long-Distance Piracy from the1640s to the 1720s 86 4. Pirates, Female Receivers and Partners: The Discrete Supporters of Maritime Plunder from the 1540s to the 1640s 51 3. The Rise and Fall of English Piracy from the 1540s to the 1720s 8 2. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Papers used by Boydell & Brewer Ltd are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests Typeset in Adobe Caslon by Avocet Typeset, Somerton, Somerset Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY CONTENTS Maps and Illustrations vi Acknowledgements vii viii A Note on Conventions Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 1. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620-2731, USA website: The publisher has no responsibility for the continued existence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Appleby to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 First published 2013 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge ISBN 978 1 84383 869 2 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner The right of John C. Women and English Piracy 1540-1720 Women and English Piracy 1540-1720 Partners and Victims of Crime John C. The Women Pirates:Fact or Fiction? Epilogue Bibliography Index Citation preview Petitioners and Victims: Women’s Experiences from the 1620s to the 1720s 5. Wives, Partners and Prostitutes: Women and Long-Distance Piracy from the1640s to the 1720s 4. Pirates, Female Receivers and Partners: The Discrete Supporters of Maritime Plunder from the 1540s to the 1640s 3. The Rise and Fall of English Piracy from the 1540s to the 1720s 2. Table of contents : Title Copyright Contents Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Conventions Abbreviations Introduction 1.
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