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'''Privateering'' was a government authorized form of [[piracy]]. A ship owner or captain would be given the authority, through a document known as a [[letter of marque]], to commit acts of war against enemy shipping. Privateers acted for profit hoping to take enemy shipping as prizes. | {{subpages}} | ||
'''Privateering''' was a government authorized form of [[piracy]]. A ship owner or captain would be given the authority, through a document known as a [[letter of marque]], to commit acts of war against enemy shipping. Privateers acted for profit hoping to take enemy shipping as prizes. | |||
Revision as of 11:19, 17 April 2009
Privateering was a government authorized form of piracy. A ship owner or captain would be given the authority, through a document known as a letter of marque, to commit acts of war against enemy shipping. Privateers acted for profit hoping to take enemy shipping as prizes.