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A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all
The French privateer Confiance (right) boarding the British East Indiaman Kent on 7 October 1800
A Dutch squadron engaging the Dunkirkers off Nieuwpoort in 1640
Greek privateer Lambros Katsonis raided Ottoman shipping in the 18th century
Woodes Rogers and his men searching Spanish ladies for their jewels in Guayaquil in 1709
The Anglo-Spanish War of 1654–1660 was fought between the Commonwealth of England and Habsburg Spain. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side atta
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1657
Oliver Cromwell
Philip IV
Admiral Robert Blake