Pirates
Title | Pirates PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Konstam |
Publisher | |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Buccaneers |
ISBN | 9781902886183 |
A lavishly illustrated exploration of legends, myths, and truths of piracy through the ages.
Pirates: Predators of the Sea
Title | Pirates: Predators of the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Konstam |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2007-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781602390355 |
Looks at the real life of pirates from ancient times through the present day, discussing why they became pirates, how they lived, life aboard ship, and how they died.
Pirates: Predators of the Seas
Title | Pirates: Predators of the Seas PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Konstam |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2009-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781437969832 |
Reveals the truth behind our myths, fairy-tales, and Hollywood-inspired images of pirates. The reality is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the flashing swords, talking parrots, and eye patches portrayed in the movies. In this lavishly illustrated tour through history, you can explore the lives of real pirates, such as Blackbeard, Thomas Tew, and Captain Kidd. Find out how, even today, pirates regularly attack and plunder ships. Discover their motivations, diverse backgrounds, daily lives, and codes of conduct. Peek inside pirate ships, trace their journeys on the map, see their bloody battles, and thrill at the daring, brutal ways in which they live and die. ¿Fascinating and colorful, this book dispels falsehoods and illuminates the truth about pirates.¿
The Outlaw Ocean
Title | The Outlaw Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Urbina |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2019-08-20 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0451492951 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation. Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—drawing on five years of perilous and intrepid reporting, often hundreds of miles from shore, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world. Through their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil, and shipping industries, and on which the world's economies rely. Both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé, this unique work of reportage brings fully into view for the first time the disturbing reality of a floating world that connects us all, a place where anyone can do anything because no one is watching.
Treasure and Intrigue
Title | Treasure and Intrigue PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Harris |
Publisher | Dundurn |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2002-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1554880335 |
Three hundred years ago, Captain Kidd was hanged for piracy, but before died he claimed to have hidden a vast fortune in the Indies. In the years since, maps to the fabled island have appeared and there have been many attempts to recover that treasure. This book examines Kidd’s life against the backdrop of piracy in the Indian Ocean and concludes that there is much to justify his claim, and even more to his story - a life of piracy thrust upon him by noble backers, men who broke their own laws and then let him die for their crimes.
Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560–1605
Title | Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560–1605 PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Konstam |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000-09-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781841760155 |
The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime and military skill with a seemingly insatiable appetite for Spanish treasure. Angus Konstam describes these characters, including such well-known sea dogs as Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher. For about 40 years they fought a private war with the Spanish, and while their success in defeating the Spanish Armada is well known, this book also covers their exploits in the New World.
Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide
Title | Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Rowan |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2014-05-05 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1312146001 |
A comprehensive film guide depicting films about the pirates that roamed the seven seas. Interesting facts on actors and other personal that made these films possible. A special look at these swashbucklers and their way of life throughout history. Included are other historical classic films.