Buccaneers And Pirates

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674034037

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Jon Latimer Pdf

During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates but privateers, licensed to attack the Spanish by the governments of England, France, and Holland. Jon Latimer charts the exploits of these men who followed few rules as they forged new empires. Lacking effective naval power, the English, French, and Dutch developed privateering as the means of protecting their young New World colonies. They developed a form of semi-legal private warfare, often carried out regardless of political developments on the other side of the Atlantic, but usually with tacit approval from London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of such figures as William Dampier, Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, Alexander Oliver Exquemelin, and Basil Ringrose, Jon Latimer portrays a world of madcap adventurers, daredevil seafarers, and dangerous rogues. Piet Hein of the Dutch West India Company captured, off the coast of Cuba, the Spanish treasure fleet, laden with American silver, and funded the Dutch for eight months in their fight against Spain. The switch from tobacco to sugar transformed the Caribbean, and everyone scrambled for a quick profit in the slave trade. Oliver Cromwell’s ludicrous Western Design—a grand scheme to conquer Central America—fizzled spectacularly, while the surprising prosperity of Jamaica set England solidly on the road to empire. The infamous Henry Morgan conducted a dramatic raid through the tropical jungle of Panama that ended in the burning of Panama City. From the crash of gunfire to the billowing sail on the horizon, Latimer brilliantly evokes the dramatic age of the buccaneers.

Author : Peter F. Copeland,Coloring Books,Pirates
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486233936

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Pirates and Buccaneers Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland,Coloring Books,Pirates Pdf

Morgan, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, others in 44 accurate plates. Shown in color on covers. Captions.

Author : Benerson Little
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612343617

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The Buccaneer's Realm by Benerson Little Pdf

In 1674, it is three years since Henry Morgan’s pirates sacked Panama. England is now at peace with Spain, and soon France, Holland, and Spain will briefly be at peace among themselves. But soon buccaneers and their French counterparts, the filibusters, will seize the opportunity of material gain presented by the far-flung and failing Spanish Empire. And Spain will produce its own notorious pirates, whose depredations against the English and French will become legend. These men of opportunistic calculation and desperate courage live in a wilder, larger, and richer time and place than any other frontier in modern history—the Spanish Main. Unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, unabashedly, they will take to the peaceful seas for riches by force of arms. The world will witness piracy on a grand scale. While Benerson Little’s previous work showed brilliantly how pirates actually plied their trade, The Buccaneer’s Realm focuses on their cultural and physical environments. It describes not merely their deeds but their world—the New World of the Spanish Main and its many peoples, freedoms, dangers, and exploits that are the foundation of the Americas. A detailed and lively description of pirate life, it will especially appeal to readers with an interest in maritime, naval, military, and colonial history, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and armchair adventurers.

Author : Frank R. Stockton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486146492

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Buccaneers and Pirates by Frank R. Stockton Pdf

Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands.

Author : Jan Rogozinski
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 030680722X

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Pirates! by Jan Rogozinski Pdf

In more than a thousand entries this encyclopedia—impeccably researched, internationally focused, and extensively cross-referenced—reveals the actual lives and exploits of pirates and the diverse worlds from which they sprang, from the Etruscan and Phoenician marauders off the coast of ancient Greece to the Chinese and Malay pirates of the 1870s. Pirates! encompasses: historical pirates like Madame Cheng I Sao, Captain William Kidd, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Edward "Blackbeard" Teach; fictional buccaneers like Anne Bonny, Captain Blood, and Long John Silver; every important and noteworthy novel, play, poem, ballad, opera, and movie portraying pirates; pirate slang, havens, types of ships, weapons, symbols, practices, and pleasures; a listing of the richest booty ever captured; over a hundred illustrations (with more than a dozen paintings by Howard Pyle); and a comprehensive bibliography.

Author : Frank Richard Stockto
Publisher : 谷月社
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Buccaneers and Pirates by Frank Richard Stockto Pdf

The Story of a Pearl Pirate Chapter VI The Surprising Adventures of Bartholemy Portuguez Chapter VII The Pirate who could not Swim Chapter VIII How Bartholemy rested Himself Chapter IX A Pirate Author Chapter X The Story of Roc, the Brazilian Chapter XI A Buccaneer Boom Chapter XII The Story of L'Olonnois the Cruel Chapter XIII A Resurrected Pirate Chapter XIV Villany on a Grand Scale Chapter XV A Just Reward Chapter XVI A Pirate Potentate Chapter XVII How Morgan was helped by Some Religious People Chapter XVIII A Piratical Aftermath Chapter XIX A Tight Place for Morgan Chapter XX The Story of a High-Minded Pirate Chapter XXI Exit Buccaneer; Enter Pirate Chapter XXII The Great Blackbeard comes upon the Stage Chapter XXIII A True-Hearted Sailor draws his Sword Chapter XXIV A Greenhorn under the Black Flag Chapter XXV Bonnet again to the Front Chapter XXVI The Battle of the Sand Bars Chapter XXVII A Six Weeks' Pirate Chapter XXVIII The Story of Two Women Pirates Chapter XXIX A Pirate from Boyhood Chapter XXX The Pirate of the Gulf Chapter XXXI The Pirate of the Buried Treasure Chapter XXXII The Real Captain Kidd

Author : Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547371137

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Richard Stockton Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts" by Frank Richard Stockton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher : Binker North
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015028976333

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Richard Stockton Pdf

The careers of Peter the Great, Peter Francis, Bartolomy Portuguez, John Esquemeling, Roc the Brazilian, L'Oonnois the Cruel, Henry Morgan, Ravenau de Lussan, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Richard Worley, Mary Reed, Anne Bonney, Edward Low, Lafitte, Captain Kidd.

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297857648

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The Buccaneers Of The Caribbean by Jon Latimer Pdf

The True Story of Piracy on the Spanish Main. This is the incredible true story of piracy in the Caribbean, proof positive that fact is stranger than fiction. From the moment the English established their first tiny colonies in the New World, semi-legal pirates took on the might of the Spanish Empire. The lure of Spanish gold was so strong that French and Dutch privateers soon joined them. Sometimes licensed by governments, but often not, desperate gangs of cut-throats dominated the Caribbean throughout the seventeenth century. Led by ruthless captains, they wrested many of the key islands from Spanish control, then fought each other for the region's strategic bases. Most notoriously, the 'brethren of the coast' established the pirate port of Tortuga, the infamous city of crime. From Piet Heyn's capture of the entire Spanish treasure fleet in 1628, to Henry Morgan's sack of Panama, this was the Age of the Bucaneers. This epic story continued up to the destruction of the pirates' lair of Port Royal by an earthquake in 1692 -- recognised at the time as the judgement of God. . . International treaties at the end of the century brought this dramatic era to a close, by which time the division of the Caribbean among European powers was complete. And a legend had been born.

Author : Cruz Apestegui Cardenal
Publisher : Conway Maritime Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : 0851779328

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Pirates of the Caribbean by Cruz Apestegui Cardenal Pdf

Pirates of the Caribbean is a study of pirates in the Americas during their heyday. Cruz Apestegui has drawn on a huge number of sources - both published and unpublished - to write the definitive narrative history of piracy in the Caribbean. The story begins with the arrival of the first Spanish settlers in the New World. They found an immense amount of wealth there, and the whole purpose of these early settlements was to extract this and send it back to Spain in great treasure galleons. When Spain found itself at war with France in the 1520s, these settlements and galleons became the target for privateers in the service of the French king. From these beginnings, the whole edifice of piracy, popularised by Hollywood films and the swashbuckling novels of Rafael Sabatini, emerged. The wealth of New Spain attracted ship owners who tried both legitimate trade and smuggling to turn a profit. European wars generated fleets of ships commanded by the same men who replaced illegal trade with outright seizure of ships and attacks on Spanish ports. Famous names such as Hawkins, Morgan, Drake, and Heyn all built their fortunes on these escapades. Piracy remained profitable until trade with Spa

Author : Howard Pyle
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781304361257

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HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF PIRATES by Howard Pyle Pdf

PIRATES, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle. Pyle, artist-author, living in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth, had the fine faculty of transposing himself into any chosen period of history and making its people flesh and blood again - not just historical puppets. His characters were sketched with both words and picture; with both words and picture he ranks as a master, with a rich personality which makes his work individual and attractive in either medium.

Author : Tom Bowling
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472107701

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A Brief History of Pirates and Buccaneers by Tom Bowling Pdf

From Stevenson's Treasure Island to Pirates of the Caribbean, the romantic image of pirates in popular culture has long been with us. But pirates are not all as charming as Johnny Depp. In ancient times Thracians, Cilicians and Illyrians terrorised traders in the Mediterranean, while the Barbary pirates of North Africa instilled fear wherever they went from the Holy Lands to the coast of Ireland. It was not until the age of Discovery, when ships began to cross the Atlantic carrying unimaginable riches from the New World that the traditional image of the buccaneering pirate was created. In England, heroes such as Sir Francis Drake were feted for their exploits against the Spanish fleet in which piracy was little more than state-sponsored terrorism. Tom Bowling's lively history explores many of the myths and true stories about the notorious outlaws of the oceans: including Captain Kidd, Blackbeard as well as Mary Read and other famous female pirates.

Author : Philip Gosse
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781934757291

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The International Directory of Pirates, Buccaneers, and Other Rogues by Philip Gosse Pdf

Over 700 Biographical Listings. The Definitive Who's Who from the Golden Age of Piracy. They say "dead men tell no tales." That's certainly true, but it doesn't mean that tales can not be told about those men. In 1923 Philip Gosse found himself rummaging through his local library looking for information about pirates and buccaneers. To his amazement, there was little to be found about, as he puts it, "...this group of picturesque, if often unseemly, persons." Certainly there was information about the "stars" of that era like William Kidd, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), and John Avery. There was even a bit about buccaneers like Sir Henry Morgan. But there was little or nothing about the hundreds of lesser-known, but equally important, individuals who populated that era. He resolved to cure that problem, and the result was this book. Here you will find listings for over 700 men and women who took part in the great Golden Age of Piracy. There are no mythical characters. Every person listed actually lived and, near as can be determined, did the things-good and bad-that are imputed to them. If you have even a remote interest in that collection of sea-adventurers we call "Pirates". This book is your indespensible guide.

Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Copper Beech Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1562946374

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Pirates by Stewart Ross Pdf

Separates reality from fantasy concerning pirates in several areas of the world and describes in detail features of pirate life.

Author : Frank R. Stockton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : OCLC:1127498493

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton Pdf