Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean is the most recent and broadest study of international privateering in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It first examines ships themselves, which were privately financed and privately owned vessels designed, outfitted, and manned to locate, chase, capture, sink, or burn enemy ships under the auspices of a national or a local government.
In addition to this, it also considers the officers and seamen aboard these ships, the investors who financed this legal trade, and the multi-racial makeup of some of their crews, as well as discussing the European and other women who played an indirect but nevertheless important role in privateering.
Offering a worldwide sea-and-shore based coverage of the maritime, political, and economic reasons for privateering, it features privateers in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain; the vital role of France in this same war; privateers in the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain; privateers in the Carolinas and in the Caribbean; Latin American insurgent privateers; noted privateering figures; racial minorities and women associated with privateering; and naval gunnery in the age of sail.
Hunt Janin is an historian now living in rural southwestern France and specialising in international issues.
After attending secondary school in New England, he studied at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and was a Fellow at Harvard University.
After retiring as a U.S. diplomat in 1990, he was a writer in London and a tutor at the British Civil Service College, teaching British civil servants how to give better oral and written briefings.
As an historian for the U.S. Navy, he researched entries for the U.S. Navys Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Before that, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as an artilleryman. After a successful career in investment banking with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and in investment management with Symphony Asset Management, Nicole has dedicated herself to supporting transformative non-profit organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Jackson Hole Land Trust, on the National Advisory Board of the Stanford Haas Center for Public Service and is a Trustee of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Foundation.
Nicole's previous board memberships include the National Board of Directors for NatureBridge, Menlo School, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and Lick-Wilmerding High School. She also served on the Democratic National Committees National Finance Committee. She graduated from Stanford University in 1989 with a degree in Economics and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994.
As an active community volunteer, Nicole has contributed her time to various organizations, including Stanford University, Harvard University, Sidwell Friends School, and the Town of Woodside, California.
Nicole finds deep fulfillment in supporting the growth of transformative organizations and collaborating with individuals making a positive impact in their communities and beyond. An avid outdoorswoman, she enjoys hiking, biking, fly fishing, golfing, horseback riding, and skiing. Nicole and Andy have four grown children and divide their time between Jackson, Wyoming, and Woodside, California.
