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Th e Bloody Flag the california world history library Edited by Edmund Burke III, Kenneth Pomeranz, and Patricia Seed Th e Bloody Flag mutiny in the age of atlantic revolution Niklas Frykman university of california press University of California Press Oakland, California © 2020 by Niklas Frykman Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Frykman, Niklas, author. Title: Th e bloody fl ag : mutiny in the age of Atlantic revolution / Niklas Frykman. Other titles: 0 California world history library ; Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] | Series: 1 California world history lib | Includes bibliographical references and in Identifi ers: lccn 2019052052 (print) | lccn 201905 (ebook) | isbn 9780520355477 (cloth) | isbn 9780520975927 (epub) Subjects: Classifi cation: lcc hn49.r33 .f79 2020 (print) | lcc hn49.r33 (ebook) | ddc 303.48/4—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019052052 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019052053 Manufactured in the United States of America 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Jasper and Michelle The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Peter Booth Wiley Endowment Fund in History. contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Like a Ship on Fire 1 Chapter 1 Barbaric Industry 12 • Chapter 2 Who Will Command Th is Empire? 43 • Chapter 3 Demons Dancing in a Furnace 83 • Chapter 4 A Revolution in the Fleet 127 • Chapter 5 To Clear the Quarterdeck 165 • Conclusion: Th e Marine Republic 200 Abbreviations 211 Notes 213 Bibliography 259 Index 281 illustrations figures British propaganda print, 1796 5 French political cartoon, n.d. 8 Size of sailing navies, 1760–1790 17 Painting of French warship, 1770 27 Harbor at Brest, 1790 64 Sinking of Vengeur de Peuple, 1794 93 British Royal Navy mutiny courts-martial and number of defendants, 1755–1805 109 British political cartoon, “Th e Delegates in Council, or Beggars on Horseback,” 1797 145 Round robin petition from Minerve crew, 1792 203 British political cartoon, “Th e Balance of Justice,” 1802 208 maps Route of Swedish frigate Eurydice, 1793–1794 35 French Caribbean ports in early 1790s 48 Routes of Batavian navy’s Surinam and Cape squadrons, 1796 98 Ports and anchorages on Europe’s northwest coast 131 ix

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