Bc. Bára Skorkovská

Bachelor's thesis

Captain Mission's Libertalia and Pirate Utopias

Captain Mission's Libertalia and Pirate Utopias
Abstract:
Práce se zabývá rozborem knihy General History of the Most Notorious Pirates Charlese Johnsona, která dodnes slouží jako zdroj informací o životech známých pirátů sedmnáctého a osmnáctého století. Především se soustředí na biografii kapitána Missona a jeho utopickou madagaskarskou kolonii zvanou Libertalia. Tento příběh je zkoumán z hlediska historické přesnosti, ve snaze dokázat či vyvrátit teorii …more
Abstract:
The thesis focuses on Charles Johnson’s General History of the Most Notorious Pirates, a book widely used as a source of information on the lives of famous pirates of the 17th and 18th century, precisely on the biography of Captain Misson as he establishes his utopian settlement, Libertalia, on Madagascar. The aspects of the story are examined in terms of historical reliability or unreliability, arguing …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 5. 2018

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 14. 6. 2018
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
  • Reader: Mgr. et Mgr. David Zelený

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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