Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend: An A-Z Encyclopedia by Jan Rogozinski (Paperback, 1996)

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}In more than a thousand entries this encyclopediaimpeccably researched, internationally focused, and extensively cross-referencedreveals the actual lives and exploits of pirates and the diverse worlds from which they sprang, from the Etruscan and Phoenician marauders off the coast of ancient Greece to the Chinese and Malay pirates of the 1870s. Pirates! encompasses: historical pirates like Madame Cheng I Sao, Captain William Kidd, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Edward Blackbeard Teach; fictional buccaneers like Anne Bonny, Captain Blood, and Long John Silver; every important and noteworthy novel, play, poem, ballad, opera, and movie portraying pirates; pirate slang, havens, types of ships, weapons, symbols, practices, and pleasures; a listing of the richest booty ever captured; over a hundred illustrations (with more than a dozen paintings by Howard Pyle); and a comprehensive bibliography. }

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PublisherHachette Books
ISBN-139780306807220
eBay Product ID (ePID)88886854

Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend: an A-Z Encyclopedia
Publication Year1996
SubjectLiterature, Writing & Reading, History, Criminology
TypeReference
AuthorJan Rogozinski
FormatPaperback

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Item Height280 mm
Item Weight500 g
Item Width216 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJan Rogozinski
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