Seawolves : pirates & the Scots /
Graham, Eric J.
Edinburgh : Birlinn,
2005.
Many Scots sought their fortune on the high seas during the turn of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Some became well-respected pirate hunters, other suffered at the hands of pirates. Eric Graham explores all the elements of Scotland's connections with piracy, including the trial that triggered the Act of Union in 1707. It charts the life and times of those who followed the 'skull and cross bones' as often as not, to the gallows.
Illustrations on end papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Captain Macrae & the pirates -- Lord Archibald Hamilton & the pirates of New providence -- Robert Louis Stevenson & the pirates -- The pirates of Craignish Loch -- The Scottish slavers & the pirates -- John Gow: the Orcadian Pirate -- The Scots & the pirate crews -- Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott & the pirates -- The Company of Scotland & the Madagascan pirates -- The piracy trial of Captain Green -- Heaman & Gautier: the last pirates in Scottish waters -- Conclusion.
Many Scots sought their fortune on the high seas during the turn of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Some became well-respected pirate hunters, other suffered at the hands of pirates. Eric Graham explores all the elements of Scotland's connections with piracy, including the trial that triggered the Act of Union in 1707. It charts the life and times of those who followed the 'skull and cross bones' as often as not, to the gallows.
Pirates
Pirates
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