Privateers and Privateering is a historical work by Edward Phillips Statham on the subject of maritime warfare and privateering. The book provides an overview of privateering in various countries throughout history, including England and the United States. Privateering was a legally sanctioned form of piracy, in which private individuals or ships were authorized by their government to attack enemy vessels. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.