In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. There, according to Kevin P

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the port of New Amsterdam--later New York--bustled with the activity of emergingcapitalism. MERCHANTS AND EMPIRE examine

Based on thesis--Harvard University. Includes bibliographical references.

Describes the life of a colonial merchant, his business, family life, home, social life, and his role in the War of Independence. Includes a glossary of terms.