The Buccaneers of AmericaFascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Detailed accounts of shrewd and fearless men, excellent navigators, and blood-thirsty adventurers who frequently committed inhuman acts of cruelty — among them the infamous Henry Morgan. |
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User Review - lritchie1150 - LibraryThingDisturbing non fiction account of the lives of pirates in the Carribean, including Henry Morgan's sacking of Panama. Coupled with Marcus Reddiker's The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Peter Leeson's ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA period piece, no doubt about that! If you needed a single source to rip off for adventure stories, well, this is your victim. We based a seventeenth century role playing game on it, and seldom ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Buccaneers of America (The Penguin classics) Dover Maritime books |
| Author | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 2000 |
| ISBN | 048640966X, 9780486409665 |
| Length | 232 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Caribbean & West Indies / General Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History |
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