Botting, Douglas
The Pirates by Douglas Botting - Alexandria, Virginia Time-Life Books 1978 - 192 p. - The Seafarers .
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
A gallery of rogues who made war on the world -- A golden age for daing sea rovers -- the ships -- Followers of a brutal calling -- A pirate path to the fabled orient -- Dazzling treasures of the Peacock Throne -- The fateful cruise of the "Adventure gallery" -- A brawling lair for a lawless breed -- The terrible teach and his nemesis -- The last and most lethal of the captains -- The scavenging sharks of an inglorious later day -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index
Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.
64603
0809426528
080942651x
Kidd, William died 1701
Pirates
910.453 Bot 15
The Pirates by Douglas Botting - Alexandria, Virginia Time-Life Books 1978 - 192 p. - The Seafarers .
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
A gallery of rogues who made war on the world -- A golden age for daing sea rovers -- the ships -- Followers of a brutal calling -- A pirate path to the fabled orient -- Dazzling treasures of the Peacock Throne -- The fateful cruise of the "Adventure gallery" -- A brawling lair for a lawless breed -- The terrible teach and his nemesis -- The last and most lethal of the captains -- The scavenging sharks of an inglorious later day -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index
Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.
64603
0809426528
080942651x
Kidd, William died 1701
Pirates
910.453 Bot 15