Author: Hamilton Cochran
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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An account of the Spanish, Dutch, french, British, and American buccaneers who roamed the Spanished Main during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Author: Benerson Little
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1612343619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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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: Francis Joseph Dowd
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Author: Howard Pyle
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Category : Buccaneers
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Stories and descriptions of famous pirates and buccaneers.
Author: Douglas Botting
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Aileen Weintraub
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1404255583
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Follows the exploits of one of the most feared pirates of the eighteenth century, the legends associated with him and the probable discovery of his ship off the coast of North Carolina in 1996.
Author: David Cordingly
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812980174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went from laying siege to laying down the law. During Britain’s war with Spain, Rogers sailed for the crown in sorties against Spanish targets in the Pacific; battled scurvy, hurricanes, and mutinies; captured a treasure galleon; and even rescued the castaway who inspired Robinson Crusoe. Appointed governor of the Bahamas in 1717, the fearless Rogers defended the island colony of King George I against plundering pirates and an attempted Spanish invasion. His resolute example led to the downfall of such notorious pirates as Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and the female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. A vividly detailed and action-packed portrait of one of the early eighteenth century’s most colorful characters, Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean serves up history that’s as fascinating and gripping as any seafaring legend.
Author: Frank R. Stockton
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Category : Buccaneers
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Author: Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
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Category : Buccaneers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Author: Albert Marrin
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
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Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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An account of the life and times of the English buccaneer, Henry Morgan, from his birth in Wales through his daring exploits in the Spanish Main to his later years in Jamaica.
