The pirates' pact pirates and patrons of the Atlantic world, 1650-1718 by Douglas R. Burgess Published in 2008, McGraw-Hill (Chicago) The pirates' pact Douglas R. Burgess Change Cover works: The pirates' pact By statement: Douglas R. Burgess Jr. Source records: Library MARC record Library MARC record Library MARC record Library MARC record Library MARC record Library MARC record Library MARC record Language: English Pagination: p. cm. ISBN 10: 0071474765 ISBN 13: 9780071474764 LCCN: 2008024451 Dewey: 910.4/5 LC: F106 .B94 2008 Subject: Pirates — Atlantic Coast (U.S.) — History Pirates — Caribbean Area — History Piracy — Atlantic Coast (U.S.) — History Piracy — Caribbean Area — History Governors — United States — History Governors — West Indies, British — History Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration Great Britain — Colonies — West Indies — Administration

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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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	Enemies of the human race
	Erring captains : state-sponsored piracy and its aftermath
	"His majesty's pleasure" : Henry Morgan and Jamaica
	Oddsfish!
	The pirate cabal
	King Baldridge and the Red Sea pirates
	Amity, liberty, and Thomas Tew
	Henry Every, "as yet an Englishman's friend"
	Trials and tribulations
	The most hated man in America
	Nemesis
	"Your loving friends"
	The despair of Lord Bellomont
	"That race of wicked men"
	Afterword : pirate patronage in the twenty-first century.