Piracy in the Early Modern Era: An Anthology of Sources by Kris Lane

This volume represents a sea change in educational resources for the history of piracy In a single readable and affordable volume Lane and Bialuschewski present a wonderfully diverse body of primary texts on sea raiders Drawn from a variety of sources including the authors' own archival research and translations these carefully curated texts cover over two hundred years 15481726 of global early modern piracy Lane and Bialuschewski provide glosses of each document and a succinct introduction to the historical context of the period and avoid the romanticized and Anglo centric depictions of maritime predation that often plague work on the topic Jesse Cromwell The University of Mississippi"