Travis Elborough

Pirates and puritans

The model 17th-century colony of Providence soon became an incongruous base for English privateers operating against Spain

issue 03 June 2017

  • The Island that Disappeared: Old Providence and the Making of the Western World

    Tom Feiling

    Explore Books, pp. 374

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