The Prize Game: Lawful Looting on the High Seas in the Days of Fighting Sail

by PETRIE DONALD A.

• ISBN13: 9781557506696
• ISBN10: 1557506698
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

This collection of rollicking sea tales vividly explains the doctrine and practice of maritime prize taking.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
The Ransoming of Eliza Swan	13	(18)
On the Ransoming of Vessels and the Practice of Sea Cartels
Forbidden Prizes	31	(16)
On the Nature of Prizes and the Rights of Captors and Sovereigns
The Piracy Trial of Luke Ryan	47	(36)
On Letters of Marque and Reprisal and the Distinction Between Piracy and Privateering
Scourge, Rattle Snake, and True Blooded Yankee	83	(23)
On Access to the Prize Courts of Other Nations
The Seizure of Siren	106	(34)
On the Practice of Blockade and the Spoils of War in Combined Army and Navy Operations
Epilogue	140	(7)
On the end of the Prize Game and on the Question of why it Worked at all
Appendix	147	(18)
The Rules of the Prize Game
Notes	165	(36)
A Bibliography of Accessible Sources	201	(8)
Index	209