Enemy of all mankind : a true story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt
Johnson, Steven, 1968-2020
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The bestselling author of 'Ghost Map' and 'How We Got to Now' returns with the story of a pirate who changed the world. Henry Every was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular, and wildly inaccurate, reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every's most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. He focuses on one key event, the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew, and its surprising repercussions across time and space.
Main title:
Author:
Johnson, Steven, 1968-, author
Imprint:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
Collation:
304 pages : map
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780593187616 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.45
LC class:
G537.A9
Local class:
910.45
Language:
English
Subject:
Avery, John, active 1695Pirates -- Great BritainPiracy -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- HistoryPiracy -- Economic aspects -- Mogul Empire -- HistoryInternational economic relations -- HistoryGreat Britain -- Economic conditions -- 17th centuryMogul Empire -- Economic conditions -- 17th centuryMogul Empire -- Foreign economic relations -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- Mogul EmpireGeography
BRN:
2706324