Separating fact from fiction, explains the lifestyle and fighting tactics of representative pirates from ancient times to the present. Arranged by areas of the world.
General Note
"The truth about buccaneers, brigands, corsairs, and their piracy on the high seas from the Spanish Main to the China seas"--Cover.
Includes index.
Content Note
Dangerous seas -- Pirates of the North? -- Spanish Main, pirate heaven -- Barbecuing buccaneers! -- Sir Henry Morgan -- Blackbeard -- Bonny and Read -- Pirate life -- Pirates of the Mediterranean -- The Brothers Barbarossa -- The corsair galley -- Surprise, speed, terror -- Pirates of the Indian Ocean -- Madagascar, pirate kingdom -- Avery and Kidd -- The Maratha Wars -- The pirate schooner -- Pirates of the eastern seas -- West meets East -- Modern-day pirates.