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The everything pirates book: a swashbuckling history of adventure on the high seas
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Publisher
Adams Media
Publication Date
c2007
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Top Ten Things You'll Learn about Pirates
Introduction
1. Ahoy Mateys!
What Is a Pirate?
Buccaneers, Privateers, and Corsairs
Attack of the Scallywags
Becoming a Pirate
The Pirate Realm
Call of the Mermaid
Come Sail Away
Raging Rogues
2. The First Pirates
Ancient Plunderers
Mediterranean Marauders
Who Were the Sea Peoples?
Greek Seamanship
Grecian Maritime Power
Easy Prey
3. Hellfire and Brimstone
Piracy under Roman Rule
Pompey the Great
Viking Voracity
Savage Style
Medieval Piracy
The Victual Brothers
4. Barbarians at the Gate
The Barbary Coast
The Corsairs
Renegade Pirates
Europe under Siege
The Barbarossa Brothers
Barbary Wars
Divide and Conquer
5. The Spanish Main
The Reign of Spain
Native Riches
New World Territories
The Spanish Galleons
The Huguenots
Master and Commander
Hell Hath No Fury
6. For Queen and Country
Uniting Two Kingdoms
Birth of a Queen
Elizabethan Elite
Rise of a Master Slaver
Drake's Gold
The Tumultous Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth's Sea Dogs
Saving Grace and Face
Dutch Devils
Passing the Buck
7. The Buccaneers
Setting the Stage: Piracy in the New World
Caribbean Spanish Colonies
The Buccaneers of Tortuga
Brethren of the Coast
Flail of the Spaniards
Exquemelin: The Buccaneer Chronicler
8. Henry Morgan
Don't Call Him Pirate
Portobello or Bust
The Demise of the Oxford
Pirate Central
The Taking of Panama
A Drink Before Dying
The Hardship of Pirating
9. A Day in the Life
Smooth Sailing
Order in the Court
Aye, Captain
Honor among Thieves
The Articles of Bartholomew Roberts
Pirate Punishment
Taking a Bow
10. Setting Sail
Fast and Furious
Galleons and Warships
Merchant Vessels and Slavers
Anatomy of a Pirate Ship
Tools of the Trade
The Jolly Roger
The Element of Surprise
Fire Power
11. Pirates of the Carribean
The Golden Age
Black Sam Bellamy
Charles Vane
Stede Bonnet
The Trickster
Terror of Black Bart
Red Legs Greaves
Black-hearted Demons
12. Blackbeard
Fear and Loathing on the High Seas
Murder and Mayhem
A Gentlemanly Friendship
Downsizing
Begging Your Pardon
Blow the Man Down
Immortalization of a Raging Rogue
Head's Up
13. Notorious Pirates
The World According to Dampier
Christopher Myngs
Woodes Rogers: Beginning of the End
George Lowther
The Tale of William Kidd
Edward England's Fancy
The Life and Times of Henry Every
Jean Lafitte: The King of Barataria
A Walk on the Wild Side
14. Fame, Fortune, and Fatality
From Rags to Riches
Career Pirates
Cruel and Unusual
Outrageous Behavior
Method and Madness
What Comes Around Goes Around
15. The Pirate Queens
Women on the High Seas
Royal Rogues
Amazing Grace
Calico Jack's Legendary Women
Dragon Ladies
Wily Wenches and Private Ladies
Dens of Iniquity
16. Kingdoms of Piracy
Devilment and Debauchery
Turtle Island
The Wickedest City in the World
Notorious Hideaways
Madagascar and Libertalia
For the Love of Louisiana
Flagrant or Fabulous?
17. Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle o' Rum
The Stereotypical Pirate
Pirate Eccentricities
Wine, Wenches, and Song
Polly Wanna Cracker?
Walking the Plank
Pirate Phraseology
18. Literary and Celluloid Pirates
Famous Pirate Literature
Jolly Good Tale
The Celluloid Pirate
Have Sword, Will Travel
The Classic Rogue
Singing and Swinging Seafarers
A Cinematic Treasure Trove
19. "X" Marks the Spot
Modern-day Treasure Hunting
Black Sam's Whydah Gally
Atocha, Maravilla, and Conception
The 1715 Fleet
The Money Pit of Oak Island
City under the Sea
Hunt for the Queen Anne's Revenge
Legends of the Fallen
20. Pirate Fact or Fiction
Dead Men Make Good Tales
Gunpowder Gertie
Half-Arse
Ocean Born Mary
Kidd's Secret Stash
The Cobhams: A Piratical Marriage
21. Epilogue: Modern-day Piracy
Worldwide Epidemic
Vietnamese Terror
Maritime Law
Yacht Piracy
New Victims, Old Tactics
Strait to Hell
History, Horror, and Homage
Appendix A. Glossary
Appendix B. Famous Pirates
Appendix C. Piratespeak
Appendix D. Recommended Reading
Index
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