Introduction     1
 
1     The Wreck of the Sea-Venture     8
 
2     Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water     36
 
3     “A Blackymore Maide Named Francis”     71
 
4     The Divarication of the Putney Debates     104
 
5     Hydrarchy: Sailors, Pirates, and the Maritime State     143
 
6     “The Outcasts of the Nations of the Earth”     174
 
7     A Motley Crew in the American Revolution     211
 
8     The Conspiracy of Edward and Catherine Despard     248
 
9     Robert Wedderburn and Atlantic Jubilee     287
 
Conclusion Tyger! Tyger!     327
 
A Map of the Atlantic 1699     354
 
Notes     355
 
Acknowledgments     413
 
Index     417