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The 14 pages that link to Privateer, each with the reason it gives.

• Age of SailRelated: Privateering extended naval warfare into commercial sea lanes.

• Elizabethan eraRelated: Elizabethan privateering mixed commercial ambition with conflict against Spain.

• Francis DrakeNarrower topic: Drake’s raids against Spanish targets operated under English authorization rather than as ordinary naval service.

• Pirate codeCompared with: Privateers operated under state commissions, unlike pirates governed by their own articles.

• Woodes RogersNarrower topic: Rogers first gained prominence as a privateer operating under English authorization.

• Pirate flagCompared with: A privateer’s legal commission distinguished its violence from piracy, even when flags and tactics overlapped.

• Quasi-WarNarrower topic: French privateers were a principal threat to American merchant vessels.

• Jolly RogerCompared with: Privateers also attacked ships at sea, but operated under state authorization rather than as pirates.

• Queen Anne's WarRelated: Privateering extended the conflict to Atlantic commerce and maritime supply routes.

• War of Jenkins' EarNarrower topic: Privateering extended the conflict beyond major fleets and fortified ports.

• John RackhamCompared with: Unlike a privateer, Rackham’s piracy lacked state authorization.

• Maritime flagRelated: Flags and papers helped distinguish licensed privateers from pirates and other vessels.

• William KiddNarrower topic: Kidd began as a privateer before his commission turned into the basis of his prosecution.

• Gunboat WarRelated: Danish privateers supplemented naval attacks on British commerce.