Memo+32+Chapter+Summaries

I did not include anything about Quechua Indians because it seems like the information that I am talking about now would be enough for a book. However, should it not be, then I would divide the book into two sections, Part I being a case study of piracy and Part II being a case study of quinine.


 * Introduction**

Explains the distinction between corsairs and buccaneers. Discusses what types of people became buccaneers. Also a discussion between privateer and pirate.
 * Birth of a Pirate**

How pirates communicated with one another, with governments and with indigenous peoples. Could possibly be broken down more. Analysis of the relationship between the Mosquite Indians and pirates, between Indigenous Haitians and pirates. Discusses the use of local knowledge and how that may have helped to keep piracy in operation.
 * Pirate Knowledge Networks**

The role of pirates in cartography and hydrology. Will include a discussion of pirates stealing maps from the Spanish to return to the British. Will include the work of William Dampier.
 * Mapping the New World**

The types of technological and scientific appropriation as practiced by pirates. Access to ships and resources, ship building, modification and repair. Discussion on how by gaining access to “the master's tools” individuals from marginalized backgrounds are able to have significant impacts and influence over policy and become a dominant economic force of the time.
 * The Master's Tools**

Discusses the local economies surrounding known pirate ports. How were these different from other ports that were not as heavily involved in piracy. Main focus will be Port Royal, possibly Tortuga if information exists, St. Augustine. How piracy impact merchant/trade policy development and politics in general.
 * Pirate Economies**

Who took advantage of the pirate/privateer relationship. What the long term impacts of piracy on science were. The relationship between piracy and the growth of colonial science – including the possible re-distribution of stolen medical and biological goods. May also include a discussio on biopiracy, a discussion that continues to today.
 * Friends in Low Places**


 * Conclusion**