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Author Good, Timothy S

Title American Privateers in the War of 1812 : the Vessels and Their Prizes as Recorded in Niles' Weekly Register
Published Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages)
Contents Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Captures; Captures by Privateers; Captures by Non-Privateer Forces; Part II: Niles' Comprehensive List of American Prizes; Appendices; A: Captures by Type; B: Number of Captures by Each Privateer; C: Captures by Home Port of Privateer; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy numbered several dozen ships and captured fewer than 200 British vessels. American privateers, on the other hand, commanded more than 200 vessels and captured more than 1,000 British ships. The privateers proved the only American force that consistently threatened Britain throughout the Atlantic, especially along the coasts of the British Isles. Although privateers had a far greater impact on the British merchant marine and the economy of Great Britain than the U.S. Navy, they have received relatively little scholarly attention. This welcome work addresses
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Privateering -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Armed merchant ships -- United States -- Registers
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Armed merchant ships
Military operations, Naval
Privateering
Prizes (Property captured at sea)
SUBJECT United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Prizes
United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Naval history
Registers (Lists)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780786488261
0786488263
1283432595
9781283432597
9780786466955
0786466952