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Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.Tags
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Great example of the series. Rogues who made war on the world, plundering others. Accounts of the "golden age of piracy" -- 30 years at the close of the 17th century--to the early 1930's.
Clearly documents the historical fact that North America was a flourishing pirate haven -- the only ports that would fence pirate booty captured from the Spanish mines, the Indian Ocean, the Mogul galleons.
Clearly documents the historical fact that North America was a flourishing pirate haven -- the only ports that would fence pirate booty captured from the Spanish mines, the Indian Ocean, the Mogul galleons.
A great read!
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Douglas Botting is a writer, journalist, and biographer whose interests include travel, exploration, wild places, and conservation matters. His previous works include Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography, The Saga of Ring of Bright Water: The Enigma of Gavin Maxwell, as well as several travel guides. He lives near London. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Pirates
- People/Characters
- Adam Baldridge; Charles Bellamy; Edward Teach (aka Edward Thatch or Blackbeard); Thomas Cocklyn; Charles Gibbs; William Kidd (Captain) (show all 7); Henry Morgan
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel
- DDC/MDS
- 910.453 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Pirates & Shipwrecks Ocean voyages, pirates
- LCC
- G535 .B62 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Adventures, shipwrecks, buried treasure, etc.
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- 343
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 5
