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Pirates and Privateers

Charlotte Montague
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Author : Charlotte Montague
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785835028

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Action-packed stories of pirates, treachery, and buried treasure have excited and fascinated readers ever since Treasure Island became an instant bestseller in 1883. But are these tales partly fact or totally fiction? What do we know about the real pirates of yesteryear? Who were they, and where did they come from? And what is the reality behind the myth? Pirates and Privateers delves into the real lives of the men and women whose brutal journeys of adventure have become legendary. It explores the true story behind those tempestuous times, and reveals the ruthless violence of notorious seadogs such as Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Henry Morgan, and the Barbarossa Brothers, plundering their way across the seven seas in search of riches and infamy.

Pirates and Privateers in the 18th Century

Mike Rendell
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Author : Mike Rendell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526731661

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Pirates and Privateers in the 18th Century by Mike Rendell Pdf

Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century. It examines their lifestyle, looking at how the sinking of the Spanish treasure fleet in a storm off the coast of Florida led to a pirates gold rush; how the Kings Pardon was a desperate gamble which paid off and considers the role of individual island governors, such as Woodes Rogers in the Bahamas, in bringing piracy under control.The book also looks at how piracy has been a popular topic in print, plays, songs and now films, making thieves and murderers into swash-buckling heroes. It also considers the whole question of buried treasure and gives a lively account of many of the pirates who dominated the so-called Golden Age of Piracy.

Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast

Lindley S. Butler
Pirates Privateers and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast Book PDF

Author : Lindley S. Butler
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469625980

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Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast by Lindley S. Butler Pdf

North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nation's history. Now, Lindley Butler brings this fascinating aspect of the state's maritime heritage vividly to life. He offers engaging biographical portraits of some of the most famous pirates, privateers, and naval raiders to ply the Carolina waters. Covering 150 years, from the golden age of piracy in the 1700s to the extraordinary transformation of naval warfare ushered in by the Civil War, Butler sketches the lives of eight intriguing characters: the pirate Blackbeard and his contemporary Stede Bonnet; privateer Otway Burns and naval raider Johnston Blakeley; and Confederate raiders James Cooke, John Maffitt, John Taylor Wood, and James Waddell. Penetrating the myths that have surrounded these legendary figures, he uncovers the compelling true stories of their lives and adventures.

Two Times a Traitor

Karen Bass
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Author : Karen Bass
Publisher : Pajama Press Inc.
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772780314

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Two Times a Traitor by Karen Bass Pdf

Angry over his family’s recent move and current enforced holiday in Halifax, twelve-year-old Laz Berenger rebels against a guided tour of the Citadel and sets out to explore on his own. In one dark tunnel, his St. Christopher medal burns suddenly hot. There’s a strange smell, and Laz blacks out. When he wakes up, everything happens at once. A sword is put to his throat. Men who look like extras from Pirates of the Caribbean hand him over to a ship’s captain who strips him and takes his medal. He is declared a French spy. Laz realizes, to his horror, that it is 1745 and he is trapped in time. These English colonists, still loyal to King George, are at war with the French. To earn his freedom, Laz must promise to spy on the French at the fortification of Louisbourg. But once in Louisbourg, Laz earns a job as runner to the kind Commander Morpain and learns to love both the man and the town. How will Laz find a way to betray the inhabitants of Louisbourg? How else can he hope to earn back his St. Christopher medal, which is surely his key to returning to his own time? The award-winning author of The Hill and Graffiti Knight has written an enthralling, swash-buckling time-slip adventure for middle-grade readers centered on a fascinating period in North American history.

Pirate Hunting

Benerson Little
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Author : Benerson Little
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975889

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For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes. Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure the seas. Benerson Little lends further dimension to this unending battle by including the history of piracy and privateering, ranging from the Mycenaean rovers to the modern pirates of Somalia. He also introduces associated naval warfare; maritime commerce and transportation; the development of speed under oar, sail, and steam; and the evolution of weaponry. More than just a vivid account of the war that seafarers and pirates have waged, Pirate Hunting is invaluable reading in a world where acts of piracy are once more a significant threat to maritime commerce and voyagers. It will appeal to readers interested in the history of piracy, anti-piracy operations, and maritime, naval, and military history worldwide.

Pirates & Privateers of Mauritius

Denis Piat
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Author : Denis Piat
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814385664

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At the beginning of the 17th century, pirates infested the Caribbean waters, harassing the major European powers, but they were eventually driven from the region. Some pirates took refuge in Madagascar, where they attempted to capture the lucrative cargo carried by vessels on the shipping route of the European East India Companies. At the end of the 18th century, in order to weaken British influence in the Indian Ocean, France hired privateers to attack commercial ships of the British East India Company. This was an alternative to open warfare, and heralded the privateers' era. Denis Piat recounts the history of the pirates and privateers in the Indian Ocean, especially in Mauritius, from the pirates' arrival in the region to the wrecked ships still to be found today in deep water, and provides portraits of the most famous privateers among them.

Pirates, Privateers, and Profits

James Gavin Lydon
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Author : James Gavin Lydon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89067462317

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"Probably the most important privateering center of the era in North America, and possibly of the British Empire, bustling Colonial New York serves as a microcosm for this scholarly study of the decline of piracy and the enforcement of legality in privateering. ... In the 1690s, the city of New York was a flourishing pirate center. By the mid-[18th-]century, however, only a few of its privateersmen drifted into the dangerous practices of the earlier period. Pirates gave way before governmental control or retired or died. ... History and politics play important roles in this economic examination of the port. Legal aspects of the maritime depredation are thoroughly treated, as pirates and privateersmen elbow merchants and government officials in their quest for loot." -- Book jacket.

Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean

Jenifer Marx
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Author : Jenifer Marx
Publisher : Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Publishing Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002087752

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Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean by Jenifer Marx Pdf

Includes Captain Kidd, Sir Henry Morgan, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Teach, commonly called Blackbeard, and Captain Bartholomew Roberts.

Port Side Pirates

Oscar Seaworthy
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Author : Oscar Seaworthy
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1846860628

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Port Side Pirates by Oscar Seaworthy Pdf

Join the pirates as they go to sea.

A General History of the Pyrates

Daniel Defoe
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Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486131948

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A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe Pdf

Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.

Pirates and Privateers

David John Starkey
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Author : David John Starkey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040610753

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Pirates and Privateers by David John Starkey Pdf

Those travelling on the seas have always been vulnerable to the attacks of predators acting within or outside the law. In the 18th and 19th centuries such assaults reached new heights as the development of trans-oceanic empires led to an increase in the wealth and extent of sea-borne trade, and with it the potential for prize-taking.

Real Canadian Pirates

Geordie Telfer
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Author : Geordie Telfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1894864700

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Real Canadian Pirates by Geordie Telfer Pdf

Yes, there really were Canadian pirates and they didn't always say â€please,' ‘thank you,' and ‘excuse me,' either.Discover the stories of Peter Easton, Bartholomew â€Black Bart†Roberts, Simeon Perkins, Bill Johnston, the Liverpool Packet and more.

Privateers & Pirates 1730–1830

Angus Konstam
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Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1841760161

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Privateers & Pirates 1730–1830 by Angus Konstam Pdf

Following the pirate scourge of the early 18th century, many sea captains took to privateering as a means of making money. A form of nationally sponsored piracy, it reached its peak during the American Revolution (1763-1776), when the fledgling American navy had to rely on privateers to disrupt British shipping between England and the rebellious colonies. Following peace in 1815, many former privateers turned to piracy, spawning the last great piratical wave, which would last for a decade. The world of these privateers and latter-day pirates comes vividly to life in this detailed exploration of their ships, crews, ports and battle tactics.

Pirates and Privateers of the Americas

David Marley
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Author : David Marley
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009748471

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Pirates and Privateers of the Americas by David Marley Pdf

This book profiles the lives and times of the most colorful characters from the buccaneer days of the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries.

Pirates and Privateers

Tom Bowling
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Author : Tom Bowling
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843448167

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Pirates and Privateers by Tom Bowling Pdf

From Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Errol Flynn in Captain Blood on to today's Pirates of the Caribbean, the romantic image of pirates in modern Western popular culture has long been with us. But of course pirates come in many guises, and not all of them as charming as Johnny Depp. Pirates are outlaws who move quickly, a form of lawlessness based on the application of immense short term power by mobile forces which fade away, similar to guerrilla warfare. In Pirates and Privateers Tom Bowling offers a lively history of piracy, from ancient times through the 'privateers' such as Morgan, with their Letters of Marque (an early example of State-sponsored terrorism), to the still real and flourishing threat of contemporary pirates that patrol the less well-regulated shipping lanes of the world today.