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The Pirate World

Author : Angus Konstam

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 30,74 MB

Release : 2019-02-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1472830962

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Highly illustrated with colour images and specially commissioned maps throughout, this is a unique exploration of the pirate world. Often romanticised in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He discusses the so-called 'Golden Age of Piracy' and colourful characters such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, before examining the West's initial encounters with Eastern pirates off the Chinese coast and the phenomenon of the modern pirate.



The World of the Pirate

Author : Val Garwood

Publisher :

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 34,44 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780872262812

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Relates the history of sea robbers who plundered ships' cargoes since ancient times, who flourished in the New World, and who remain active today, mainly in the South China Seas.



The World's Worst Pirate

Author : Michelle Worthington

Publisher : Little Pink Dog Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,46 MB

Release : 2019-08-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780994626912

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Will was the World’s Worst Pirate. He didn’t want to be a swashbuckling, treasure hunting buccaneer. He couldn’t even stand on deck without being seasick. But when the ship is attacked by a terrible sea monster, a surprising hero saves the day!



Be More Pirate

Author : Sam Conniff Allende

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 23,83 MB

Release : 2018-05-03

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0241981115

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Whatever your ambitions, ideas and challenges, this book will revolutionize the way you live, think and work today, and tomorrow. Pirates didn't just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn't just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn't just challenge the status-quo, they changed everyfuckingthing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption and an uncertain future. Sound familiar? Pirates stood for MISCHIEF, PURPOSE and POWER. And you can too. In Be More Pirate, Sam Conniff Allende unveils the innovative strategies of Golden Age pirates, drawing parallels between the tactics and teachings of legends like Henry Morgan and Blackbeard with modern rebels, like Elon Musk, Malala and Banksy. Featuring takeaway sections and a guide to build you own pirate code 2.0, Be More Pirate will show you how to leave your mark on the 21st century. So what are you waiting for? Join the rebellion now. ----- 'Unique...reminds me of the fun we've had with our airlines' - Sir Richard Branson 'Totally compelling' Ed Miliband 'I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy' Steve Jobs 'A model for how to break the system and create radical change' Evening Standard 'Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future' Martha Lane Fox 'This isn't a book, it's the beginning of a movement. Be More Pirate should come with a health warning' Tom Goodwin, author of Digital Darwinism



Piracy in the Ancient World

Author : Henry Arderne Ormerod

Publisher :

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 43,35 MB

Release : 1924

Category : Mediterranean Region

ISBN :

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Pirate vs. Pirate

Author : Mary Quattlebaum

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 21,7 MB

Release : 2017-01-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 136800444X

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Bad Bart is the biggest, burliest boy pirate in the Atlantic. Mean Mo is the maddest, mightiest girl pirate in the Pacific. When they meet in the middle, it's a no-holds-barred contest to see who is the best pirate in the world. They test who is brave enough to swim with sharks, who is strong enough to throw a cannonball, who can eat the most hard tack, and who has collected the most treasure. Again and again their respective crews proclaim, "Tie!" Bad Bart and Mean Mo stare each other down and . . . fall head over heads in love! This epic tale of the union of two pirate captains is told in seadog lingo and illustrated with of knockout oceanic battles.



Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Force of Will

Author : T. T. Sutherland

Publisher : Disney Press

Page : 28 pages

File Size : 15,43 MB

Release : 2007-05-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781423103769

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Arguably the most popular live-action series from Disney, readers everywhere will eagerly devour the amazing 8x8 retellings of the third Pirates of the Caribbean film. Each book will retell the story from a different point of view and will provide kids with full-color stills from the film. No pirate-in-training will want to miss out! 8x8 #3: The swash-buckling adventures and twisted intrigues of the third Pirates of the Caribbean film are retold from Will Turner's point of view.



World Atlas of Pirates

Author : Angus Konstam

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 26,91 MB

Release : 2009-10-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1461749956

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By combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoritative text, The World Atlas of Pirates presents the story of piracy in a completely new way. Eighty maps plot the routes that pirates followed—whether crossing the world's great oceans or pursuing their prey through creeks and bays. Colorful archive illustrations, including photographs and images from England's National Maritime Museum and other historic collections, bring the villains, their ships, and their victims to life. Lively, accessible text by pirate expert Angus Konstam explains how piracy grew and flourished from the early buccaneers to the rogues of popular legends, how it has been snuffed out, and how it has reared its head again with the machine-gun-toting pirates operating on today's high seas.



The Pirate Menace

Author : Angus Konstam

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 395 pages

File Size : 26,70 MB

Release : 2024-05-09

Category : History

ISBN : 1472857747

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This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, 'Calico Jack' Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts. The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America's Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.



The World Atlas of Pirates

Author : Angus Konstam

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,60 MB

Release : 2009

Category : History

ISBN : 9781599214740

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"The World Atlas of Pirates takes a whole new look at the story of piracy. Combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoratative text, it cuts away at the myths to reveal the world of "real" pirates--whose stories, wile every bit as colorful and compelling as those of their counterparts from legends and Hollywood, may not be quite so romantic"--Cover, p. 2.