Pirates: Terror on the High Seas, from the Caribbean to the South China SeaDavid Cordingly The popular image of pirates today-the combined effect of three centuries of books, plays, operas, films, cartoons, and children's games-is extraordinarily powerful.Pirates have become the mythical equivalent of giants, vampires, wizards, or witches, and they no longer seem quite real. Yet they definitely were real-as this first comprehensive, worldwide historical survey makes abundantly clear-and considerably more frightening historically than Long John Silver or Captain Hook. The barnacled sea dogs featured in this fascinating volume well deserved their reputations for bravery, hard drinking, avarica, foul language-and casual violence and cruelty. |
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David Cordingly | 11 |
BRETHREN OF THE COAST | 36 |
BUCCANEER EXPLORERS | 58 |
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Admiralty Adventure Galley Africa anchor armed ashore Atlantic attack Barbary Basil Ringrose battle became Blackbeard boarding boats booty British buccaneers Cape Captain captives captured cargo Caribbean Cheng Cheng Chih-lung Cheng I Sao Chinese coast coastal colonies command confederation corsairs crew cruise Dampier Drake Dutch Dyaks East eighteenth century England English European expedition fighting flag fleet force France French galleon galley gold governor guns harbor Hispaniola History Howard Pyle hundred Ibid Ilanun island Jamaica John junks Kidd Knights later leaders letters of marque Libertalia Madagascar Malta Maltese maritime Mediterranean merchant ships Morgan Muslim naval NMM BHC North officers onboard pieces of eight piracy Pirate Round plunder Port Royal prisoners prize proas Puerto Bello Pyrates raids ransom Ringrose Roberts Royal Navy sailed sailors Salamander Books seamen seized slaves sloop Spain Spanish ships Strait Tay-son tion took town trade treasure vessels voyage warships West Indies Woodes Rogers