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"This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britain’s growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition and personal greed, between civil liberties and the power of the state. It throws light on contemporary ideals of leadership and masculinity - some pirate voyages qualifying as feats of seamanship and endurance. Unusually, it also gives insights into the domestic life of pirates and investigates the experiences of women whose husbands turned pirate or were captured for piracy. Pirate voyages contributed to British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and different peoples in remote parts of the world. This knowledge advanced imperial expansion and British control of trade routes, which helps to explain why contemporary attitudes towards piracy were often ambivalent. This is an engaging study of vested interests and conflicting ideologies. It offers comparisons with our experience of piracy today and shows how the historic representation of pirate behaviour can illuminate other modern preoccupations, including gang culture."--

Iconography --- History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Pirates --- Great Britain

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The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart-the greatest city of its time.

London (England) --- History

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Hoe vonden de eerste ontdekkingsreizigers de weg? Wie zeilde als eerste de hele wereld rond? Hoe overleven de poolonderzoekers?

ontdekkingsreizen --- Geography --- informatieve jeugdliteratuur --- Ontdekkingsreizen --- Geschiedenis --- 903.3 --- Afrika --- Amerika --- Arabieren --- Australië --- Ontdekkingsreizen - Expedities --- Conquistadores --- Beroemde personen --- Expedities --- Ontdekkingsreizigers --- Poolgebieden --- Ruimte --- Vikingen --- (zie ook: onderwijs (Afrika)) --- (zie ook: Aboriginals) --- Ontdekkingsreis --- Geneeskunde --- Techniek (wetenschap) --- Atlas --- Museum

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Voyages around the world --- Voyages autour du monde --- History --- Histoire --- Cook, James, --- Travel --- Endeavour (Ship) --- Oceania --- Océanie --- Discovery and exploration. --- Découverte et exploration