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Pirates & Privateers in Mauritius (Hardcover)
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Pirates & Privateers in Mauritius (Hardcover)
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This is a highly readable and generously illustrated history of
piracy and privateering in the Indian Ocean. At the beginning of
the 17th century, pirates infested the Caribbean waters, harassing
the major European powers, but they were eventually driven from the
region. Some pirates took refuge in Madagascar, where they
attempted to capture the lucrative cargo carried by vessels on the
shipping route of the European East India Companies. At the end of
the 18th century, in order to weaken British influence in the
Indian Ocean, France hired privateers to attack commercial ships of
the British East India Company. This was an alternative to open
warfare, and heralded the privateers' era. Author Denis Piat
recounts the history of the pirates and privateers in the Indian
Ocean, especially in Mauritius, from the pirates' arrival in the
region to the wrecked ships still to be found today in deep water,
and provides portraits of the most famous privateers among them.
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