The golden age of piracy the truth behind pirate myths
For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and poor alike. Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends--fascinating tales that today strongly influ...
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New York, NY
Skyhorse Publishing
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Death's head and marrow bones
- "False optics" and Blackbeard the pirate
- Pirate ships and pirate prey
- Not by walking the plank
- "False optics: and the Great Pirate Roberts
- Epic combat at sea
- Thief or rebel?
- Dueling and democracy
- Titillation with a cutlass
- Not every man created equal
- Pirate heaven
- Buried treasure, sunken treasure