The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton
by Daniel Defoe
2021-01-14 03:00:52
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton
by Daniel Defoe
2021-01-14 03:00:52
The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton''s crossing of Africa, the latter half c...
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The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton''s crossing of Africa, the latter half concerning his life as a pirate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Defoe''s description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, and Singleton''s pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe''s comment on the mercantilism of his day.
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