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The History of Pirates
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The History of Pirates
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword David Cordingly | p. 6 | |
| Introduction | p. 7 | |
| Privateer, Buccaneer, or Pirate? | p. 10 | |
| The Pirate in Popular Fiction | p. 12 | |
| Chapter 1 | Piracy in the Ancient World | p. 16 |
| Pirate Ship--The Bireme | p. 20 | |
| The Sea Peoples | p. 22 | |
| Piracy in the Greek World | p. 24 | |
| The Cilicians | p. 26 | |
| Pirate Hunter--Pompey the Great | p. 28 | |
| Chapter 2 | ||
| Medieval Pirates | p. 30 | |
| The Ships of Medieval Europe | p. 34 | |
| Byzantine Pirates | p. 36 | |
| The Pirates of Northern Europe | p. 38 | |
| Chapter 3 | The Barbary Pirates | p. 40 |
| Pirate Ship--The Galley | p. 44 | |
| The Barbarossa Brothers | p. 46 | |
| Murat Rais | p. 48 | |
| Uluj Ali | p. 50 | |
| The Knights of Malta | p. 52 | |
| Chapter 4 | The Spanish Main and the Sea Rovers | p. 54 |
| Ship Profile: The Golden Hind | p. 58 | |
| Pirate Ship--Privateers of the Elizabethan Era | p. 62 | |
| Sir Francis Drake | p. 64 | |
| Sir John Hawkins | p. 66 | |
| Huguenot Pirates | p. 68 | |
| The Spanish Main | p. 66 | |
| Pirate Hunter--Pedro de Menendez | p. 70 | |
| Chapter 5 | The Buccaneers | p. 72 |
| Pirate Ship--The Sloop | p. 76 | |
| Sir Henry Morgan | p. 78 | |
| Jean "L'Olonnais" | p. 82 | |
| Sir Christopher Myngs | p. 84 | |
| Bartolomeo el Portugues and Rock Braziliano | p. 86 | |
| Michel de Grammont | p. 88 | |
| The Sack of Cartegena | p. 90 | |
| Pirate Bases--Tortuga and Port Royal | p. 92 | |
| Chapter 6 | The Golden Age of Piracy | p. 94 |
| Flying the Jolly Roger | p. 98 | |
| Edward Teach--"Blackbeard" | p. 102 | |
| "Calico" Jack Rackham and the Female Pirates | p. 104 | |
| Bartholomew Roberts | p. 106 | |
| Samuel Bellamy | p. 108 | |
| Charles Vane | p. 110 | |
| Stede Bonnet | p. 112 | |
| Howell Davis | p. 114 | |
| Pirate Weapons | p. 116 | |
| Pirate Hunter--Woodes Rogers | p. 118 | |
| Pirate Base--New Providence | p. 120 | |
| Chapter 7 | Piracy in the Indian Ocean | p. 122 |
| Thomas Tew | p. 126 | |
| William Kidd | p. 128 | |
| Henry Every | p. 130 | |
| Edward England | p. 132 | |
| Kanhoji Angria | p. 134 | |
| Pirate Base--Madagascar | p. 136 | |
| Bringing the Pirates to Justice | p. 138 | |
| The Trial and Execution of Pirates | p. 140 | |
| Chapter 8 | The Privateering Era | p. 142 |
| French Privateers | p. 146 | |
| American Privateers | p. 148 | |
| John Paul Jones | p. 150 | |
| Chapter 9 | The Last Pirates | p. 152 |
| Jean Laffite | p. 156 | |
| "Don" Pedro Gibert | p. 158 | |
| Benito de Soto | p. 160 | |
| Pirate Bases--Barataria, Galveston, and Cuba | p. 162 | |
| Pirate Hunter--David Porter | p. 164 | |
| Chapter 10 | Piracy in the Far East | p. 166 |
| Pirate Ship--The Junk | p. 170 | |
| Kuo Hsing Yeh | p. 172 | |
| Ching Yih | p. 174 | |
| Shap-'ng-Tsai | p. 176 | |
| Pirate Base--The Indonesian Archipelago | p. 176 | |
| Chapter 11 | ||
| Modern Day Pirates | p. 180 | |
| Today's Pirate Hotspots | p. 182 | |
| Pirate Appearance | p. 184 | |
| The Pirate Code | p. 186 | |
| The Legacy of Piracy | p. 188 | |
| Index | p. 190 |
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