A rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, Anne Bonney and other figures of maritime legend.
Includes Francis ‘The Scourge of Spain’ Drake’s audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios; Alexander Exquemelin’s fly-on-the-wall account of the ‘wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea’; the journal of William Dampier, found stashed in a hollow bamboo tube, and much more. Witness skulduggery and malice, terror and excitement — a colourful and always entertaining collection.
Includes Francis ‘The Scourge of Spain’ Drake’s audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios; Alexander Exquemelin’s fly-on-the-wall account of the ‘wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea’; the journal of William Dampier, found stashed in a hollow bamboo tube, and much more. Witness skulduggery and malice, terror and excitement — a colourful and always entertaining collection.
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