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THE HISTORY OF PIRATES
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| By: |
David Cordingly, Angus Konstam |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£27.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1558219692 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781558219694 |
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| Publisher: |
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1999 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
From Blackbeard to Captain Kidd, this volume is a full-color chronicle of thievery, murder, and torture on the high seas. Maps & illustrations. |
| Synopsis: |
Piracy flourished in the early eighteenth century, producing many of the pirates whose names have gripped our imaginations: Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Bartholomew Roberts, to name a few. Yet piracy existed long before Blackbeard's name struck terror in the hearts of merchant seamen -- Julius Caesar was captured by pirates -- and it still exists today; boats sailing through the South China Sea are regularly attacked by modern-day buccaneers.The Complete Book of Pirates traces piracy from the seas of antiquity to the New World and beyond. It is a thorough, authoritative, and memorable portrait of the fascinating world of pirates. Detailed maps bear vivid testimony to the far-ranging exploits of these capricious, sometimes charismatic, and frequently bloodthirsty seadogs and highwaymen of the oceans. |
| Illustrations: |
colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The Lyons Press |
| Returns: |
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