To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy,
privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring
forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this
imagery has become a literary and cinematic clich?. And what an
image it is! But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically it is
the picaresque imagery of Pyle, Wyeth, Sabatini, and Hollywood that
is often closer to the reality, while the historical details of
arms, tactics, and language are often inaccurate or entirely
anachronistic. Successful sea rovers were careful practitioners of
a complex profession that sought wealth by stratagem and force of
arms. Drawn from the European tradition, yet of various races and
nationalities, they raided both ship and town throughout much of
the world from roughly 1630 until 1730. Using a variety of
innovative tactics and often armed with little more than musket and
grenade, many of these self-described "soldiers and privateers"
successfully assaulted fortifications, attacked shipping from small
craft, crossed the mountains and jungles of Panama, and even
circumnavigated the globe. Successful sea rovers were often supreme
seamen, soldiers, and above all, tacticians. It can be argued that
their influence on certain naval tactics is felt even today. "The
Sea Rover's Practice" is the only book that describes in
exceptional detail the tactics of sea rovers of the period - how
they actually sought out and attacked vessels and towns. Accessible
to both the general and the more scholarly reader, it will appeal
not only to those with an interest in piracy and in maritime,
naval, and military history, but also to mariners in general,
tall-ship and ship-modeling enthusiasts, tacticians and military
analysts, readers of historical fiction, writers, and the
adventurer in all of us.
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