Privateers were private individuals or ships sanctioned by a government to attack enemy shipping during wartime. Operating under a Letter of Marque, they blurred the lines between state-authorized Naval Warfare and private enterprise on the seas.
Privateers were private individuals or ships sanctioned by a government to attack enemy shipping during wartime. Operating under a Letter of Marque, they blurred the lines between state-authorized Naval Warfare and private enterprise on the seas.