A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High SeasThis book looks at the reality behind the legends of Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham and several other cutthroats who sailed the high seas. It portrays the pirates, their weapons, ships, hideouts...and their victims. |
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Adventure Galley African anchor armed ashore Atlantic attack barrel Bartholomew Roberts became Bellomont Blackbeard boat booty Brasiliano buccaneers Calico Jack Campeche cannon Cape captives captured cargo Caribbean carried coast colony command commission corsair crew crewmen Cuba Curaçao cutlass death deck Defoe Drake Dutch England English escaped expedition fight fire flagship fleet forced Fort Caroline French frigate galleon gold governor Graaf Grammont guns hand hanged harbour head Hispaniola hundred Island Jamaica Kidd Kidd's killed l'Olonnais landed later Lumsden mast mate men-of-war merchant merchantman Modyford Morgan musket night Panama pieces of eight piracy pirate captain pirate ship pirates pistol plunder Port Royal Portobelo powder privateers prize Quedah Merchant raid returned rigging Rogers Royal Navy Santo Domingo schooner seized sent set sail ship's shot slaves sloop Smith Soto Spain Spaniards Spanish square-rigged swivel guns taken told took Tortuga trade treasure Veracruz vessel weapon Zephyr