The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

Along with their fellow pirates—former sailors, blacks could be equal citizens, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, and runaway slaves—this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, indentured servants, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.

The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires, and for a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success. The untold story of a heroic band of caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world   In the early eighteenth century, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, and Charles Vane.

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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

Walking the plank" is pure fiction, Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier. 16 pp. Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Maps. From the Hardcover edition. For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age.

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A General History of the Pyrates Dover Maritime

In an added "note on the author and the Text, " Professor Schonhorn also examines the arguments for and against Defoe's very authorship of this important book. Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. His knowledge was such that his book, A General History of the Pyrates, remains the major source of information about piracy in the first quarter of the 18th century.

Reprinted here in its entirety, one of the most successful pirates of the era, whose trial and execution created a sensation throughout London and the world; Bartholomew Roberts, alias Blackbeard; Captain William Kidd, this fascinating history abounds in tales of flamboyant outlaws and their bloody deeds: Captain Edward Teach, whose crews captured an estimated 400 prizes in three years; Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who disguised themselves as men to sail under the Jolly Roger with the ill-fated Captain John Rackham; and many more.

An engrossing blend of fact and fiction — incorporating Defoe's celebrated flair for journalistic detail — these lively tales of seafaring rogues and rascals and their ill-gotten gains will captivate armchair sailors, maritime enthusiasts and any lover of adventure on the high seas. Famed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affairs.

As a commission merchant, and an active journalist who reported "ship news" and interviewed surviving pirates, importer, shipowner, Defoe achieved a high degree of authority on the subject of buccaneers. This unique work has been edited by noted scholar manuel schonhorn, TV specials, who has also supplied a provocative Postscript to the Dover Edition offering insights into the vast popularity of this subject in today's theater, lavish books, movies, magazine articles, and maritime exhibitions.

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A General History of the Pyrates

A general history of the Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson was published in 1724. Missing legs or eyes, burying treasure and the name of the pirates flag the Jolly Roger was introduced in this touchstone of pirate lore as it has been incorporated into popular culture. Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates.

. As the primary source of biographies of some of the most notorious pirates it influenced popular conceptions of the lifestyles. A general history of the Pyrates has influencing literature and movies to this day.


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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

Likewise, epic sea battles involving pirates were fairly rare because most prey surrendered immediately. This was the age of the spanish Main, of Henry Morgan and Blackbeard, of Bartholomew Sharp and Bartholomew Roberts. The stories are real and are drawn heavily from primary sources. Complementing them are colorful images of flags, ships, and buccaneers based on eyewitness accounts.

In the golden age of piracy, expert pirate historian benerson little debunks more than a dozen pirate myths that derive from this era—from the flying of the Jolly Roger to the burying of treasure, from walking the plank to the staging of epic sea battles—and shows that the truth is far more fascinating and disturbing than the romanticized legends.

Skyhorse Publishing. Among little’s revelations are that pirates of the Golden Age never made their captives walk the plank and that they, were subject to horrendous torture, instead, such as being burned or hung by their arms. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends—fascinating tales that today strongly influence our notions of pirates and piracy. Most of these myths derive from the pirates of the “Golden Age, ” from roughly 1655 to 1725. The history of pirate myth is rich in action, at sea and ashore.




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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

A pleasure to read from bow to stern. Entertainment weeklythe passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to vivid life in this story of the legendary pirate who took on the greatest military power on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades. Awash with bloody battles, and memorable than any found in a Hollywood swashbuckler, natural disaster, bizarre, political intrigues, and a cast of characters more compelling, Empire of Blue Water brilliantly re-creates the life and times of Henry Morgan and the real pirates of the Caribbean.

. A may 2007 book sense pick“talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. Used book in Good Condition. Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Skyhorse Publishing.


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The Buccaneers of America Dover Maritime

Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. A cross between genuine privateers, and outright pirates, venezuela, buccaneers were largely English, and Dutch adventurers who plied the waters among the Caribbean Islands and along the coasts of Central America, commissioned to defend a country's colonies and trade, French, and Colombia more than 300 years ago.

The activities of these bands of plundering sea rovers reached a peak in the second half of the seventeenth century, when this remarkable eyewitness account was first published 1678. Alexander exquemelin, thought to be a Frenchman who enlisted with the buccaneers for a time, chronicles the bold feats of these raiders as they ravaged shipping and terrorized Caribbean settlements.

These bold plunderers come across as shrewd strategists, wild debauchers, fine navigators, crack shots, and greedy adventurers who frequently engaged in vicious acts of cruelty. Skyhorse Publishing. Exquemelin provides fascinating details of the french presence in Hispaniola now comprising the island nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic describes the features of that country and its inhabitants, and comments at length on the origin of the buccaneers, vividly recounting their rules of conduct and way of life.

Among the figures in his rogues' gallery, none stands out more than the infamous Henry Morgan, whose exploits culminated in the seizure and burning of Panama City. A bestseller in its own time, the buccaneers of America will fascinate any modern reader intrigued by piracy and by the often sordid history of European conflicts in the Caribbean and on the Spanish Main.

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The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Leeson contends that pirates exemplified the virtues of vice--their self-seeking interests generated socially desirable effects and their greedy criminality secured social order. Skyhorse Publishing. Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates.

Pirates understood the advantages of constitutional democracy--a model they adopted more than fifty years before the United States did so. Revealing the democratic and economic forces propelling history's most colorful criminals, The Invisible Hook establishes pirates' trailblazing relevance to the contemporary world.

The invisible hook looks at legendary pirate captains like Blackbeard, and Calico Jack Rackam, Black Bart Roberts, and shows how pirates' search for plunder led them to pioneer remarkable and forward-thinking practices. Pirates also initiated an early system of workers' compensation, regulated drinking and smoking, and in some cases practiced racial tolerance and equality.

Used book in Good Condition. Pirates proved that anarchy could be organized. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags of skull & bones? why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy.




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Pirate Latitudes

Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Skyhorse Publishing. Crichton’s ultimate adventure. San francisco chronicle “Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action…. A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure. Usa today “Riveting…. Great entertainment…. The pages and minutes fly by.

Cleveland plain dealer #1 new york times bestselling author, duplicity, lost treasure, sword fights, the incomparable Michael Crichton “One of the great storytellers of our age” —Newsday takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.

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Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Used book in Good Condition. Beacon Press. Skyhorse Publishing. The real lives of this motley crew-which included cross-dressing women, people of color, and the'outcasts of all nations'-are far more compelling than contemporary myth. From the Hardcover edition.

Villains of all nations explores the 'golden Age' of Atlantic piracy 1716-1726 and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates. Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.

This history shows from the bottom up how sailors emerged from deadly working conditions on merchant and naval ships, and created a starkly different reality aboard their own ships, electing their officers, dividing their booty equitably, turned pirate, and maintaining a multinational social order.


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The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd

Superbly written and impeccably researched, The Pirate Hunter is one ripping good yarn. Captain kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer, fabulously rich, burying dozens of treasure chests up and down the eastern seaboard. Beacon Press. But it turns out that most everyone, even many respected scholars, have the story all wrong.

A literary treasure, and a rare, The Pirate Hunter is a masterpiece of historical detective work, authentic pirate story for grown-ups. Used book in Good Condition. His three-year odyssey aboard the aptly named adventure galley pitted him against arrogant Royal Navy commanders, above all, and, storms, jealous East India Company captains, angry natives, starvation, flesh-and-blood pirates.

Skyhorse Publishing. Captain william kidd was no career cut-throat; he was a tough, successful New York sea captain who was hired to chase pirates. Under the black flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates.


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