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The Pirate World

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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.

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ISBN: 9781472830975
Publication date:
Author: Angus Konstam
Publisher: Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 336 pages
Genres: Maritime history
Naval forces and warfare
Military vehicles
Military history