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Under the black flag, the romance and the reality of life among the pirates, David Cordingly

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Under the black flag, the romance and the reality of life among the pirates, David Cordingly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Under the black flag

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

David Cordingly

Sub title

the romance and the reality of life among the pirates

Summary

A revisionist history of the golden age of piracy draws on original archive records to provide a realistic study of pirates and their lives that refutes many of the myths about the era

Table Of Contents

Wooden legs and parrots -- Plundering the treasure ports -- Sir Henry Morgan -- Women pirates and pirates' women -- Storms, shipwrecks, and life at sea -- Into action under the pirate flag -- Torture, violence, and marooning -- Pirate islands and other haunts -- Sloops, schooners, and pirate films -- Captain Kidd and buried treasure -- Hunting down the pirates -- Trials, executions, and hanging in chains -- Afterword: the romance of piracy -- Glossary of sea terms

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