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Captain Kidd and the War against the Pirates
The legends that die hardest are those of the romantic outlaw, and those of swashbuckling pirates are surely among the most durable. Swift ships, snug inns, treasures buried by torchlight, palm-fringed beaches, fabulous riches, and, most of all, freedom from the mean life of the laboring man are the stuff of this tradition reinforced by many a novel and film. It is disconcerting to think of such dashing scoundrels as slaves to economic forces, but so they were—as Robert Ritchie demonstrates in this lively history of piracy. He focuses on the shadowy figure of William Kidd, whose career in the late seventeenth century swept him from the Caribbean to New York, to London, to the Indian Ocean ...
Governing the Sea in the Early Modern Era
Early modern European governments and their subjects had difficulty agreeing to laws governing behavior on the sea--an environment that featured watery borders, rampant piracy, the threat of free trade, and the large-scale transportation of human cargo. The essays in this volume explore how the exploitation of the oceans changed the institution of slavery, long-distance trade, property crime, the environment, literature, and memory from medieval times to the nineteenth century.
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The Lure of the Beach
A human and global take on a beloved vacation spot. The crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans to its life-sustaining shores for millennia. And while the gull’s cry and the cove’s splendor have remained constant throughout time, our relationship with the beach has been as fluid as the runnels left behind by the tide’s turning. The Lure of the Beach is a chronicle of humanity's history with the coast, taking us from the seaside pleasure palaces of Roman elites and the aquatic rituals of medieval pilgrims, to the venues of modern resort towns and beyond. Robert C. Ritchie traces the c...
Letter from Daniel Ritchie to Robert Ritchie, February 19, 1865
Regarding leaving for Scotland, etc.
Letter from Daniel Ritchie to Robert Ritchie, April 13, 1860
Previous control number 1/4/23/10. Regarding land, finance, etc.
Letter from Daniel Ritchie to Robert Ritchie, January 21, 1863
Previous control number 1/4/23/16. Regarding Woodhouse, finance, etc.
Letter from Daniel Ritchie to Robert Ritchie, January 12, 1860
Previous control number 1/4/23/9. Regarding finance, Scottish property, etc.
Letter from Daniel Ritchie to Robert Ritchie, March 8, 1858
Previous control number 1/4/23/4. Details of Daniel and Simon Ritchie's accounts with Robert Ritchie and others; details of James Ritchie's grave; details of political situation as regards sale of land.
