Privateering was a form of legal private warfare at sea in which
individuals who possessed suitable ships took the opportunity
offered by a war to plunder enemy commerce. In this study of
privateering during the Elizabethan war with Spain, which was
originally published in 1966, Dr Andrews shows that it was closely
connected with trade, in particular having a stimulating effect on
oceanic commerce and that it was at the time the main form of
English maritime warfare. Dr Andrews begins with an account of how
privateering became legal and how it was organised. He then
examines the various types of venture, describing the sort of
people who took part and showing how profitable it was for some,
particularly the bigger merchants and the professional seamen. Two
contemporary narratives are included. Finally, Dr Andrews studies
the role privateering played in overseas expansion.
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