Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A Note on the Translation -- Introductory Study -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Viceroy, the Carpenter, and the Pirate -- Chapter 3. Siamese Treasure, Mexican Merchants, and the Law -- Chapter 4. Conclusions -…
In 1690, a dramatic account of piracy was published in Mexico City. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez described the incredible adventures of a poor Spanish American carpenter who was taken captive by British pirates near the Philippines and forced to work for them for two years.…
This book combines the large-scale, panoramic and global, with the small-scale, the individual, and the particular. At one level, it is a macro-narrative of some of the constraints and crises that Britain confronted during the quarter millennium that made it the world's foremost…