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Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830 (Hardcover)
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Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830 (Hardcover)
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Shows how the political turmoil of the Spanish American Wars of
Independence allowed an upsurge in prize-taking activity by navies,
privateers and pirates. Private maritime predation was integral to
the Spanish American Wars of Independence. When colonists rebelled
against Spanish rule in 1810 they deployed privateers - los
corsarios insurgentes - to prosecute their revolutionary struggle
at sea. Spain responded by commissioning privateers of its own,
while the disintegration of Spanish authority in the New World
created conditions in which unauthorised prize-taking - piracy -
also flourished. This upsurge in privateering and piracy has been
neglected by historians yet it posed a significant threat to
British interests. As numerous vessels were captured and plundered,
the British government - endeavouring to remain neutral in the
Spanish American conflict - faced a dilemma. An insufficient
response might hinder Britain's commercial expansion but an overly
aggressive approach risked plunging the nation into another war.
Privateering, Piracy and British Policy in Spanish America assesses
the varied and flexible ways the British government responded to
prize-taking activity in order to safeguard and enhance its wider
commercial and political objectives. This analysis marks a
significant and original contribution to the study of privateering
and piracy, and informs key debates about the development of
international law and the character of British imperialism in the
nineteenth century. Matthew McCarthy is Research Officer at the
Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull. He was
awarded his PhD by the University of Hull in 2011 and won the
British Commission for Maritime History/Boydell & Brewer prize
for best doctoral thesis in maritime history.
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