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The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy

Autor Angus Konstam
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 mai 2024
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472857736
ISBN-10: 1472857739
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 16-page plate section in colour
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Angus Konstam is one of the world's leading pirate experts, a historian at the forefront of research in this field. He has combed the word's archives and collections to gather material, and has integrated letters, newspaper reports, court documents and official records into the story.

Notă biografică

Angus Konstam is the author of well over 100 history books. He has written widely on naval history including The Pirate World, Hunt the Bismarck and Mutiny on the Spanish Main, all published by Osprey. A former naval officer, he has worked as a museum curator in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a full-time author and historian. He lives in Orkney, off the north of Scotland.

Cuprins

(Subject to confirmation)PrologueIntroductionChapter 1 The Growing CrisisChapter 2 Henry JenningsChapter 3 The Pirate HavenChapter 4 Benjamin HornigoldChapter 5 Ships and CrewChapter 6 Edward Teach Chapter 7 The Pirate WayChapter 8 Charles VaneChapter 9 Carrot and Stick Chapter 10 Jack RackamChapter 11 The DiasporaChapter 12 Hunters and HuntedChapter 13 The Last HurrahChapter 14 Loose EndsChapter 15 Enemies of MankindChapter 16 Ending the ScourgeNotesBibliographyAppendicesI Recorded Pirate Attacks, 1713-26II The Royal Pardon of 1718 III Pirate Executions, 1715-26