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The True Pirates of the Caribbean - History of Piracy & True Accounts of the Most Notorious Pirates - cover

The True Pirates of the Caribbean - History of Piracy & True Accounts of the Most Notorious Pirates

Daniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson

Publisher: e-artnow

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This edition presents the history of the "Golden Age" of piracy. In this period the entire regions and islands in the Caribbean Sea were under their control and rule, at the extent that they subsequently proclaimed Nassau as the seat of the pirate republic. Authors' goal was to show the democracy pirates established, the rules by which they lived and died, their courage and ruthlessness, their most extraordinary exploits and battles. The lives of the most famous pirates of this era are depicted in the book: Charles Vane, Thomas Barrow (who declared himself "Governor of New Providence"), Benjamin Hornigold, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the infamous Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard". Contents: Contents: The King of Pirates: Of Captain Avery, And his Crew Of Captain Martel, And his Crew Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard Of Major Stede Bonnet, And his Crew Of Captain Edward England, And his Crew Of Captain Charles Vane, And his Crew Of Captain John Rackam, And his Crew The Life of Mary Read, And Anne Bonny Of Captain Howel Davis, And his Crew Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew Of Captain Anstis, And his Crew Of Captain Worley, And his Crew Of Captain George Lowther, And his Crew Of Captain Edward Low, And his Crew Of Captain John Evans, And his Crew Of Captain John Phillips, And his Crew Of Captain Spriggs, And his Crew An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c. An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy Of Captain Misson Of Captain John Bowen Of Captain William Kid Of Captain Tew, And his Crew Of Captain Halsey, And his Crew Of Captain Thomas White, And his Crew Of Captain Condent, And his Crew A Description of Magadoxa Of Captain Bellamy Of Captain William Fly, And his Crew Of Captain Thomas Howard, And his Crew Of Captain Lewis. And his Crew Of Captain Cornelius, And his Crew Of Captain David Williams, And his Crew Of Captain Samuel Burgess, And his Crew Of Captain Nathaniel North, And his Crew The Trial of the Pirates at Providence The Pirate Gow  The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico The Life of Charles Gibbs  History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates  The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America  The West India Pirates The Pirates of Panama (A True Account by a Pirate)
Available since: 12/05/2023.
Print length: 871 pages.

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