The PiratesDiscusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates. |
Contents
Essay A gallery of rogues who made war on the world | 10 |
predators prey and protectors | 32 |
Essay Dazzling treasures of the Peacock Throne | 92 |
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Admiralty Adventure Galley American anchor ashore Atlantic Bahamas Baldridge Bartholomew Roberts Bauden's Bellomont Bird Galley Blackbeard boat booty brigands British cabin cannon Cape Captain Kidd captured cargo Caribbean coast colonies command crewmen cruise cutlass Daniel Defoe Davis death deck Defoe Dutch East India Company East Indiaman Eastern Seas England English Every's fire fleet forced gold Golden Age Governor guns hanged harbor Indian Ocean island Kidd's killed King later London loot Lord Macrae Madagascar maroons Mary's Maynard merchantmen Mogul Nassau Naval North pardon piracy pirate captain pirate crew Pirate Round pirate ship pirate vessel pistol plunder port Portuguese prey prison privateer prize quartermaster Quedah Merchant Rackam Red Sea Royal African Company Royal Fortune Royal Navy sail sailor seamen sent ship's shot silver slave sloop Snelgrave Snelgrave's Spanish Spotswood Thomas Tew took trade treasure trial turned voyage West Indies William Woodes Rogers