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Black flags, blue waters: the epic history of America's most notorious pirates

By Dolin , Eric Jay

Book information

Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Year
2018
ISBN
9781631492105, 9781631492112, 163149211X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
48 MB (50392524 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
xxix, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
ca. 1600-1775;United StatesPirates;Pirates--United States--History;Biography;

Description

"Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's 'Golden Age'--spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s--when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond"--;Small beginnings -- Welcomed with open arms -- "Where the money was as plenty as stones and sand" -- Crackdown -- War's reprieve -- Interlude, or a pirate classification -- Treasure and the tempest -- The gentleman pirate and Blackbeard -- Fading away -- Epilogue: "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Small beginnings -- Welcomed with open arms -- "Where the money was as plenty as stones and sand" -- Crackdown -- War's reprieve -- Interlude, or a pirate classification -- Treasure and the tempest -- The gentleman pirate and Blackbeard -- Fading away -- Epilogue: "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!"

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