num_pages: 217
description: Provides a close-up look at the history of privateering and its impact on maritime history, discussing such topics as the rules of privateering and the taking of prizes, the differences between piracy and privateering, the use of blockades during wartime, and more. Reprint.
language: English
title: Prize Game, The: Lawful Looting on the High Seas in the Days of Fighting Sail
titlecomplete: Prize Game, The: Lawful Looting on the High Seas in the Days of Fighting Sail
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Berkley Trade