Pirates vs. Privateers
Tags: PIRATES; PRIVATEERS
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- Pirates' last stand. Scudder, Brian // African Business;Mar2000, Issue 252, p17
Reports on the Somali government's use of private security forces to deal with piracy off the Somali coast. Effects of piracy on shipping activities in the country; Incidents illustrating the seriousness of piracy in Somalia; Targets of the private security force.
- The three faces of a swashbuckler. Babaluk, Neil // Canada's History;2010, Vol. 90 Issue 4, p27
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- Old Cricket says. // Cricket;Aug2007, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p64
The article defines and describes the differences between the words pirates, buccaneers, and privateers.
- A rum do. Boxer, Charles // History Today;Sep92, Vol. 42 Issue 9, p50
Reviews the book `Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean,' by Jennifer Marx.
- War makes thieves, peace hangs them. Burlingame, Roger // American Heritage;Feb1957, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p10
The article provides some insights into the economics of piracy and privateering in the United States. Piracy began with legalized plunder along the American coast. Privateering was a free, adventurours, exciting life where the privateer is entirely on his own. A pirateer is authorized to...
- Book Review: Reference books. Peters, John // School Library Journal;May95, Vol. 41 Issue 5, p133
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- OUTLAWS by CHOICE. Alford, Jeremy J. // Louisiana Life;Summer2005, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p42
The article presents a brief history of coastal smuggling in the Gulf of Mexico. From brothers Pierre Lafitte and Jean Lafitte, to modern pirates wired with technology, the Gulf of Mexico has long been a salty refuge for pirates, privateers, bootleggers and drug dealers. Their motives remain...
- The Pirate Hunters. Raffaele, Paul // Smithsonian;Aug2007, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p38
The article discusses efforts by law enforcement to stop pirates off the coast of Somalia. Though buccaneering is a huge problem for transport ships sailing around the world, high-tech crafts like the USS Winston S. Churchill are putting a stop to the crime by chasing down pirates with trained...
