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History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea from 1807 to 1810 (Paperback)
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History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea from 1807 to 1810 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
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Piracy on the coast of China in the nineteenth century inflicted
chaos and serious economic damage, with large mobs of bandits
attacking coastal villages as well as wreaking havoc at sea.
Yung-lun Yuan's account of this period, published in Chinese in
1830 and in English in 1831, is a colourful depiction of the pirate
scourge. Interwoven with the narratives of the pirates themselves
as well as those of the courageous civilians who resisted them, the
text describes the organisation and rules of the pirates as well as
the authorities' attempts to broker peace. Also included is Sir
John Dalrymple Hay's account of battling pirates in the 1840s,
first published in 1849. Hay (1821-1912) describes his tenure as a
British naval commander struggling to suppress piracy. As well as
providing a naval perspective on the pirate problem, Hay recounts
numerous anecdotes of daring and heroism on the seas.
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