Madras, 54
Madrid, 68
Mahmud of Ghazna, 36, 263n
Malagasy people, 125–26
Manson, Charles, 26
Manucci, Niccolao, 137, 139
Marx, Karl, 248
Mary II, Queen, 170
May, William, 59, 80, 83–87
trial of, 220, 223, 227–31, 233–36, 238–40
Maydh, burning of mosque at, 126–27, 130, 132, 133, 160, 215, 248
Mayflower, 125, 135
Mecca, 31, 122–23, 151
pilgrimage to (hajj), 113, 121–24, 126, 135–36, 138–39, 150, 151, 166, 202, 255
Medinet Habu, 19, 22
media, 26–29, 74, 94–95
broadsides, 97, 98, 100, 101
newspapers, 97
transition between song and print, 97
see also ballads
medical research, 71
Mediterranean, 20–21, 23, 40, 41
Memoirs of the Mughal Court (Manucci), 137, 139
Middleton, Philip, 59, 114, 115, 128, 129, 144, 163, 185, 187, 195–97, 203–5, 215, 253
trial of, 218, 222, 229, 231, 232, 253
mlecchas, 31
Mocha, 121, 143–44
money laundering, 186–87, 252
Monroe, James, 24
mortality rates for voyages, 72
Mues, William, 128
Mughal Empire, 8, 9, 36–38, 50, 62–63, 108, 113, 157, 249, 254
see also India, Indian subcontinent
Muhammad, 31, 35, 122–23, 151
Muhammad bin Qasim, 31
Muhammad Ghuri, 36
Mukherjee, Soma, 138
Mumtaz Mahal, 62
Murad, Prince, 64
Muslims, see Islam, Muslims
Mycenaean age, 20
Nassau, 187, 193–97, 203–5, 231
Newgate Prison, 217–18, 225–26, 229, 239
New Providence, 187–88, 193–97
Newton, Henry, xi, 216, 219, 221–23, 225, 231–32, 235, 246, 254–55
opening statement of, 221–22, 269n
Newton Ferrers, 16–17
New Voyage Round the World, A (Dampier), 59–60, 74
Nigeria, 116
Nile Delta, 19–22
9/11 attacks, 42
Nine Years’ War, 170
O’Byrne, Don Arturo, 56
Odysseus, 26
Odyssey, The (Homer), 21
oil, 124
Old Bailey, 217–23, 225–37, 253, 255
Olusoga, David, 55–56, 116
Orientalist literature, 48
Pakistan, 30–32, 67
pamphleteers, 26–29, 74, 95, 152, 162, 212, 214, 240
Paradise Island, 194
Parliament, 15, 106–7, 109–10
Pascal, Blaise, 6
Pearl, 128, 144, 183, 188
pepper, 121
Perim, 128, 129, 143, 145
Philip VI, King, 25
Phillips, John, 89
Phillips, Thomas, 55, 56
pilgrimages, 123–24
to Mecca (hajj), 113, 121–24, 126, 135–36, 138–39, 150, 151, 166, 202, 255
pirates, 7–8, 16, 151, 172, 247–48
ages of, 264n
American colonies and, 204
articles of agreement of, 88–91, 129, 160, 184, 195
Barbary, 40–42, 44, 55, 57
codes of behavior of, 88–93
compensation plans of, 92, 93
democratic principles of, 91, 93
Devonshire and, 15–16
distribution of profits among, 89, 184
dominant historical narrative of, 212–14, 223, 242
East India Company and, 108–9
East India Company as protector of Indian ships from, 198–201, 211–12, 247, 253, 255
egalitarian and populist ethos of, 94, 151, 246–48, 265n
as enemies of all mankind, 41–42, 44, 179, 241, 246, 248
execution of, 241
flags of, 21
global population of, 128
golden age of, 26, 29, 254
Hollywood representations of, 70
insurance policies of, 93
law and trials for crimes of, 214
at Madagascar, 126
as political pioneers, 93–94
privateers vs., 17, 42–44, 60
quartermasters, 92–93
in Red Sea, 2, 108–9, 113–14, 128, 131, 150, 253, 255
reputations of, 26, 28–29
Sea Peoples, 19–25
self-identity in, 21
separation of powers created by, 92, 93
slaves and, 115–16
Somali, 124
terrorism and, 24, 25
torture and atrocities committed by, 27–29, 154–55, 159–60, 248, 261n
utopia of, 246
Plassey, Battle of, 200, 254
Port Royal, 73
Portsmouth Adventure, 127–28, 144
Portugal, 45–47, 54, 57, 107, 111–12, 115, 126, 136, 202
press, see media
privateers, privateering, 43–44
as career path, 72–73
financial rewards from, 75
Hollywood representations of, 70
pirates vs., 17, 42–44, 60
see also sailors
Privy Council, 57, 102–3
prostitutes, 71, 73
public sphere, 213
Puritans, 125
quartermasters, 92–93
Quedagh Merchant, 253
Queen Anne’s Revenge, 116
Quran, 123, 138
Rahimi, 136–37
Rahiri, 155, 189
Rajputs, 64
Raleigh, Walter, 16, 17
Ramses III, 19–23
Razzak, Abdur, 189, 190
Rediker, Marcus, 94, 264n
Red Sea, 45, 121, 124, 127, 143
Fancy’s plans for, 113–14, 126, 127, 131, 144, 163
pirates in, 2, 108–9, 113–14, 128, 131, 150, 253, 255
Tew and, 114, 128, 129
religion, 64, 123
see also Islam, Muslims
Resolution, HMS, 39–40
Réunion, 185–86, 205
Rhode Island, 204
Roberts, Bartholomew, 89–91, 93
Robespierre, Maximilien, 24, 25
Robin Hood ballads, 100
Robins, Nick, 109–10
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe), 59
Roe, Thomas, 54
Roebuck, HMS, 60
Rogers, Woodes, 252
Roshanara Begum, 137
Royal African Company (RAC), 55–56, 115
Royal Navy, 17, 40, 42, 58, 71, 89, 133, 170–71
Every’s joining of, 13, 15, 18, 39–41, 55
press-gangs and, 13–15
wages paid by, 185
Royal Society, 60
sailors:
atrocities committed by, 154–55
life aboard ship, 68–74
literacy rates of, 73
mortality rates of, 72
see also privateers, privateering
Sailors Advocate, The, 14
Saint-Augustin Bay, 119, 125, 126
Saudi Arabia, 122, 138
scientific research, 71
Scotland, 206
scurvy, 71
Sea Flower, 205–6
Sea Peoples, 19–25
seaweed, 118
sensationalism, 26–29
Septem
ber 11 attacks, 42
serial killers, 26–27
Seventh Son, 56
sexual experiences, 73
sexually transmitted diseases, 71
Shah Jahan, 62–64, 66, 67
ships:
life aboard, 68–74
seaweed and, 118
shipworms and, 117–18
see also sailors
shipworms, 117–18
Shuja, Prince, 64
Sindh, 31
slavery, slave trade, 41, 55, 76, 115, 126
in American colonies, 205
Drake and, 116
Every as slave trader, 55, 56, 113, 116
female slaves, 138
pirates and, 115–16
Royal African Company and, 55–56, 115
slaves on board the Fancy, 115–16, 133, 186–88, 195, 248
Spanish Expedition crew and, 76, 80
Somalia, 126
Somali pirates, 124
songs, see ballads
Son of Sam, 26
Spain, 43, 44, 115, 193
Spanish Armada, 16
Spanish Expedition Shipping venture, 56–61, 68–76, 88, 89, 114, 146, 167, 175–76, 186, 219
Charles II in, 56–60, 67, 103
departure from England, 58, 264n
Every in, 60–61, 66–67
Every’s crew tried for mutiny on, 226–37, 238
Every’s mutiny on the Charles II, 76, 79–87, 92–93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 112, 133, 171, 176, 195
James in, 56, 59, 79–81, 228, 232
in legal imbroglio, 102–4, 109
return of remainder of crew, 103
slavery fears and, 76, 80
wages paid in, 57–58, 103, 185
wives of crewmembers of, 102
Spanish galleons, 56, 113
Sparkes, John, 59, 162, 185
trial of, 220, 223, 231, 233, 236, 239–41
Spice Islands, 46, 52, 155, 211
spices, 34, 121, 124, 159
Stern, Philip, 171, 200
Strabo, 33, 34, 262n
strikes, labor, 73
Strong, John, 58
Successful Pyrate, The, 246
Suez Canal, 124, 143
Sufis, 64
Surat, 1, 2, 45–48, 108, 120, 122, 143, 145, 149, 150–51, 155–56, 157, 174, 183, 189, 211, 250
East India Company factory at, 1, 46, 54, 107–10, 151, 164–69, 176, 198–201, 253–55
Gunsway survivors at, 166
Susanna, 144, 183, 188
Swift, Jonathan, 59
syphilis, 71
Taj Mahal, 47, 62, 67
Tapti River, 45, 150
terrorism, 23–25, 42
meanings and use of word, 24–25
modern, 24–25
in Mughal reign over India, 36–37
9/11 attacks, 42
piracy and, 24, 25
Tew, Thomas, 113–14, 128, 129, 132, 144, 146, 147, 204
death of, 147–48, 161
Thames, 58, 60, 67, 185, 204, 240
Thar Desert, 31–32
Theatre Royal, 246
Thoreau, Henry David, 117
“Through All the Fates” (Thoreau), 117
trade, 32, 34
in cotton, see cotton
East India Company and, see East India Company
India and, 32–35, 50, 54
Muslim traders, 34, 35
travel, 74
travel writing, 59–60, 74
Treaty of London, 46
trials of Every’s crew, 246
acquittals in, 223, 224–26, 239
for mutiny, 226–37, 238
Newton’s opening statement in, 221–22, 269n
for piracy, 212–16, 217–23, 224–26, 254–55
sentencing and executions in, 237, 238–42, 243, 249, 250
Tripoli, 41
Trott, Nicholas, 193–97, 203–5, 215, 231
turtles, 188
Tutankhamun, 19
Tyler, John, 6
typhus, 217–18
Vagabond Act, 15
vagabonds, 14–15
vagrancy, 15
Van Broeck, Adrian, 39–40, 152–54, 245, 250–51, 267n
venereal diseases, 71
Wake, Thomas, 128
warfare, asymmetric, 23–25
Wesley, John, 107
West Country, 13, 16
West Indies, 68, 76, 112–13, 116, 187, 196
West Wind Drift, 118–19
William III, King (William of Orange), 106, 170, 172, 177, 193, 255
women, 135–40
on Gunsway, 135–40, 152–54, 158–59, 166
in harems, 138–39, 251
sexual violence against, 160–63, 166, 214, 215, 241
Woodard, Colin, 197
wool trade, 172–73, 202
World War II, 5
Wright, Arnold, 108, 164, 166, 169, 201
Yemen, 121
Yoo, John, 42
Zeb-un-Nissa, Princess, 138
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Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of twelve books, including Where Good Ideas Come From, Farsighted, and The Ghost Map. He’s the host and cocreator of the Emmy–winning PBS/BBC series How We Got to Now, and the host of the podcast American Innovations. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.
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