I he most authoritative history of piracy, Frank Sherry's rich and colorful account reveals the rise and fall of the real "raiders and rebels" who terrorized the seas. From 1692 to 1725 pirates sailed the oceans of the world, plundering ships laden with the riches of India, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Often portrayed as larger-than-life characters, these outlaw figures and their bloodthirsty exploits have long been immortalized in fiction and film. But beneath the legends is the true story of these brigands—often common men and women escaping the social and economic restrictions of 18th-century Europe and America. Their activities threatened the beginnings of world trade and jeopardized the security of empires. And together, the author argues, they fashioned a surprisingly democratic society powerful enough to defy the world.

Raiders and Rebels: A History of the Golden Age of Piracy

History

Sherry, Frank

Americas

Harper-perennial

The Devil's Captain

Born to sail the high seas, young Englishman Bart Roberts shipped aboard the merchant trader Princess, bound for the Dark Continent. But Roberts was headed for another destiny that began when his vessel was waylaid by cruel freebooters off the Guinea Coast. His sword spilling pirate blood on the well-worn decks, Roberts fought long and hard until the brigands overran his ship, killing the captain and shanghaiing him as part of their crew. But he learned the buccaneer craft faster than most and soon he was captain of the Royal Fortune, flying the black flag as the scourge of the Atlantic. His Majesty warships, no match for the twenty-four pounders and nimble speed of his ship, lack?Bart sailed south to the Caribbean, preying upon the rich galleys of treasure headed back from the New World. But when dreaded Don Esteban, commander of the Spanish fleet off Hispaniola, planned to attack the island of Nassau, the commander of the Royal Navy turned to the man he called he Devil Captain?in a bold plan of treachery that ended in a great sea battle with the sea running red with Spanish blood.

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

iUniverse

The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the planet, but until 1513 no white man even knew it existed. In Pacific Passions, Frank Sherry tells in sweeping narrative the enthralling story of one of the most exciting periods of human history: the first 250 years of European exploration of the Pacific Ocean. It is an unforgettable tale of bold exploration and the cataclysmic events that molded sixteenth-, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Pacific Passions recounts some of the most heroic voyages in human history and places them in their proper historical contexts. It is popular history at its most exciting.

Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration

Europe

Raiders and Rebels is a rich and vivid account of the golden age of piracy. From 1692 to 1725 pirates sailed the oceans of the world, terrorizing seamen and plundering ships laden with the riches of India, Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Beneath these well known facts lies the true story of pirates. They were common men and women escaping the social and economic restrictions of 18th-century Europe. Their activities threatened the beginnings of world trade and jeopardized the economic security of several European nations even as they formed one of the first true democracies in the world.

Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

World

Backinprint.com

I he most authoritative history of piracy, Frank Sherry's rich and colorful account reveals the rise and fall of the real "raiders and rebels" who terrorized the seas. From 1692 to 1725 pirates sailed the oceans of the world, plundering ships laden with the riches of India, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Often portrayed as larger-than-life characters, these outlaw figures and their bloodthirsty exploits have long been immortalized in fiction and film. But beneath the legends is the true story of these brigands—often common men and women escaping the social and economic restrictions of 18th-century Europe and America. Their activities threatened the beginnings of world trade and jeopardized the security of empires. And together, the author argues, they fashioned a surprisingly democratic society powerful enough to defy the world.

Hearst Marine Books

Clears up misconceptions about pirates, looks at piracy betweem 1692 and 1725, and tells the stories of both men and women pirates

William Morrow & Co.

A popular-history narrative covering the first 250 years of European exploration in the Pacific Ocean. Recounts the discovery voyages, encounters with native peoples, and conflicts for territory and resources, from a Eurocentric perspective. Covers the attempts to find the mythical landmass Terra Australis Incognita . Includes b&amp;w illustrations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Australia & Oceania

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Raiders and Rebels: A History of the Golden Age of Piracy

The Devil's Captain

Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration

Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration